diff --git a/if1632/wprocs.spec b/if1632/wprocs.spec
index c9ea5753b0c..32b2c3bc483 100644
--- a/if1632/wprocs.spec
+++ b/if1632/wprocs.spec
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ type	win16
 24 pascal16 TASK_Reschedule() TASK_Reschedule
 27 pascal EntryAddrProc(word word) NE_GetEntryPoint
 28 pascal MyAlloc(word word word) NE_AllocateSegment
-29 pascal DefResourceHandler(word word word) NE_DefResourceHandler
 30 pascal FormatCharDlgProc(word word word long) FormatCharDlgProc16
-31 pascal LoadDIBIconHandler(word word word) LoadDIBIconHandler16
-32 pascal LoadDIBCursorHandler(word word word) LoadDIBCursorHandler16
  
 # Interrupt vectors 0-255 are ordinals 100-355
 # The 'word' parameter are the flags pushed on the stack by the interrupt
diff --git a/loader/module.c b/loader/module.c
index 52d18bee4b6..dfa371949a8 100644
--- a/loader/module.c
+++ b/loader/module.c
@@ -404,8 +404,6 @@ FARPROC16 MODULE_GetWndProcEntry16( LPCSTR name )
             return (FARPROC16)PrintSetupDlgProc16;
         if (!strcmp(name,"ReplaceTextDlgProc"))
             return (FARPROC16)ReplaceTextDlgProc16;
-        if (!strcmp(name,"DefResourceHandler"))
-            return (FARPROC16)NE_DefResourceHandler;
         FIXME(module,"No mapping for %s(), add one in library/miscstubs.c\n",name);
         assert( FALSE );
         return NULL;
diff --git a/loader/ne/resource.c b/loader/ne/resource.c
index b38fad05b66..ddf33eecc3c 100644
--- a/loader/ne/resource.c
+++ b/loader/ne/resource.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #define NEXT_TYPEINFO(pTypeInfo) ((NE_TYPEINFO *)((char*)((pTypeInfo) + 1) + \
                                    (pTypeInfo)->count * sizeof(NE_NAMEINFO)))
 
+static FARPROC16 DefResourceHandlerProc = (FARPROC16)0xffffffff;
+
 /***********************************************************************
  *           NE_FindNameTableId
  *
@@ -221,13 +223,22 @@ BOOL NE_InitResourceHandler( HMODULE16 hModule )
     NE_MODULE *pModule = NE_GetPtr( hModule );
     NE_TYPEINFO *pTypeInfo = (NE_TYPEINFO *)((char *)pModule + pModule->res_table + 2);
 
-    FARPROC16 handler = MODULE_GetWndProcEntry16("DefResourceHandler");
+    if ( DefResourceHandlerProc == (FARPROC16)0xffffffff )
+    {
+        HMODULE16 hModule = GetModuleHandle16( "KERNEL" );
+        int ordinal = hModule? NE_GetOrdinal( hModule, "DefResourceHandler" ) : 0;
+
+        if ( ordinal )
+            DefResourceHandlerProc = NE_GetEntryPointEx( hModule, ordinal, FALSE );
+        else
+            DefResourceHandlerProc = NULL;
+    }
 
     TRACE(resource,"InitResourceHandler[%04x]\n", hModule );
 
     while(pTypeInfo->type_id)
     {
-	pTypeInfo->resloader = handler;
+	pTypeInfo->resloader = DefResourceHandlerProc;
 	pTypeInfo = NEXT_TYPEINFO(pTypeInfo);
     }
     return TRUE;
@@ -453,15 +464,13 @@ HGLOBAL16 NE_LoadResource( NE_MODULE *pModule, HRSRC16 hRsrc )
 	}
 	else
 	{
-	    if (pTypeInfo->resloader)
+	    if (    pTypeInfo->resloader 
+                 && pTypeInfo->resloader != DefResourceHandlerProc )
                 pNameInfo->handle = Callbacks->CallResourceHandlerProc(
                     pTypeInfo->resloader, pNameInfo->handle, pModule->self, hRsrc );
-	    else /* this is really bad */
-	    {
-		ERR(resource, "[%04x]: Missing resource handler!\n", pModule->self);
+	    else
                 pNameInfo->handle = NE_DefResourceHandler(
                                          pNameInfo->handle, pModule->self, hRsrc );
-	    }
 
 	    if (pNameInfo->handle)
 	    {
diff --git a/misc/callback.c b/misc/callback.c
index d19039b4a5b..d6b08b298c9 100644
--- a/misc/callback.c
+++ b/misc/callback.c
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ static HGLOBAL16 WINAPI CALLBACK_CallResourceHandlerProc( FARPROC16 proc,
                                                           HMODULE16 hModule,
                                                           HRSRC16 hRsrc )
 {
-    return proc( hMemObj, hModule, hRsrc );
+    ERR( relay, "Cannot call a 16-bit resource handler in Winelib\n" );
+    assert( FALSE );
+    return 0;
 }