diff --git a/dlls/wininet/dialogs.c b/dlls/wininet/dialogs.c
index 2c4a5278569..b3713a50b8c 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/dialogs.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/dialogs.c
@@ -490,7 +490,6 @@ DWORD WINAPI InternetErrorDlg(HWND hWnd, HINTERNET hRequest,
                  DWORD dwError, DWORD dwFlags, LPVOID* lppvData)
 {
     struct WININET_ErrorDlgParams params;
-    HMODULE hwininet = GetModuleHandleA( "wininet.dll" );
     INT dwStatus;
 
     TRACE("%p %p %d %08x %p\n", hWnd, hRequest, dwError, dwFlags, lppvData);
@@ -512,10 +511,10 @@ DWORD WINAPI InternetErrorDlg(HWND hWnd, HINTERNET hRequest,
         switch (dwStatus)
         {
         case HTTP_STATUS_PROXY_AUTH_REQ:
-            return DialogBoxParamW( hwininet, MAKEINTRESOURCEW( IDD_PROXYDLG ),
+            return DialogBoxParamW( WININET_hModule, MAKEINTRESOURCEW( IDD_PROXYDLG ),
                                     hWnd, WININET_ProxyPasswordDialog, (LPARAM) &params );
         case HTTP_STATUS_DENIED:
-            return DialogBoxParamW( hwininet, MAKEINTRESOURCEW( IDD_AUTHDLG ),
+            return DialogBoxParamW( WININET_hModule, MAKEINTRESOURCEW( IDD_AUTHDLG ),
                                     hWnd, WININET_PasswordDialog, (LPARAM) &params );
         default:
             WARN("unhandled status %u\n", dwStatus);
diff --git a/dlls/wininet/internet.c b/dlls/wininet/internet.c
index 95776df8742..002f4e47203 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/internet.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/internet.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ typedef struct
 } WITHREADERROR, *LPWITHREADERROR;
 
 static DWORD g_dwTlsErrIndex = TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES;
-static HMODULE WININET_hModule;
+HMODULE WININET_hModule;
 
 #define HANDLE_CHUNK_SIZE 0x10
 
diff --git a/dlls/wininet/internet.h b/dlls/wininet/internet.h
index 86b16bda2a6..3963578a7c1 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/internet.h
+++ b/dlls/wininet/internet.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 #define ioctlsocket ioctl
 #endif /* __MINGW32__ */
 
+extern HMODULE WININET_hModule;
+
 /* used for netconnection.c stuff */
 typedef struct
 {