diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index b7927750e334b7..6a6f8cf7392e1c 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ remove_unusable_flags(PyObject *m)
     }
 #ifndef MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP
     info.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(info);
-    if (!GetVersionExW((OSVERSIONINFOW*) &info)) {
+    if (!GetVersionEx((OSVERSIONINFO*) &info)) {
         PyErr_SetFromWindowsErr(0);
         return -1;
     }