diff --git a/dlls/winmm/mci.c b/dlls/winmm/mci.c
index f0634a6f750..8afe14fa51c 100644
--- a/dlls/winmm/mci.c
+++ b/dlls/winmm/mci.c
@@ -1500,7 +1500,6 @@ DWORD WINAPI mciSendStringA(LPCSTR lpstrCommand, LPSTR lpstrRet,
 
 /**************************************************************************
  * 				mciExecute			[WINMM.@]
- * 				mciExecute			[MMSYSTEM.712]
  */
 BOOL WINAPI mciExecute(LPCSTR lpstrCommand)
 {
diff --git a/dlls/winmm/mci16.c b/dlls/winmm/mci16.c
index 33776a025bf..75d72021692 100644
--- a/dlls/winmm/mci16.c
+++ b/dlls/winmm/mci16.c
@@ -750,3 +750,11 @@ BOOL16 WINAPI mciFreeCommandResource16(UINT16 uTable)
 
     return FALSE;
 }
+
+/**************************************************************************
+ * 				mciExecute			[MMSYSTEM.712]
+ */
+BOOL16 WINAPI mciExecute16(LPCSTR lpstrCommand)
+{
+    return mciExecute(lpstrCommand);
+}
diff --git a/dlls/winmm/mmsystem.spec b/dlls/winmm/mmsystem.spec
index c6b3324ba51..516f02770ed 100644
--- a/dlls/winmm/mmsystem.spec
+++ b/dlls/winmm/mmsystem.spec
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 708    pascal  mciGetDriverData(word) mciGetDriverData16
 710    pascal  mciDriverYield(word) mciDriverYield16
 711    pascal  mciDriverNotify(word word word) mciDriverNotify16
-712    pascal  mciExecute(ptr) mciExecute
+712    pascal  mciExecute(ptr) mciExecute16
 713    pascal  mciFreeCommandResource(word) mciFreeCommandResource16
 714    pascal  mciSetYieldProc(word ptr long) mciSetYieldProc16
 715    pascal  mciGetDeviceIDFromElementID(long ptr) mciGetDeviceIDFromElementID16