diff --git a/lib/std/child_process.zig b/lib/std/child_process.zig
index f8cb1be221..b815d89f7a 100644
--- a/lib/std/child_process.zig
+++ b/lib/std/child_process.zig
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ pub const ChildProcess = struct {
                 // some rare edge cases where our process handle no longer has the
                 // PROCESS_TERMINATE access right, so let's do another check to make
                 // sure the process is really no longer running:
-                windows.WaitForSingleObjectEx(self.handle, 0, false) catch return err;
+                windows.WaitForSingleObjectEx(self.id, 0, false) catch return err;
                 return error.AlreadyTerminated;
             },
             else => return err,