diff --git a/dlls/setupapi/setupapi_private.h b/dlls/setupapi/setupapi_private.h
index d01edba227e..428cba48fb2 100644
--- a/dlls/setupapi/setupapi_private.h
+++ b/dlls/setupapi/setupapi_private.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #define REGPART_RENAME "\\Rename"
 #define REG_VERSIONCONFLICT "Software\\Microsoft\\VersionConflictManager"
 
+extern HINSTANCE SETUPAPI_hInstance;
+
 static inline WCHAR *strdupW( const WCHAR *str )
 {
     WCHAR *ret = NULL;
diff --git a/dlls/setupapi/setupcab.c b/dlls/setupapi/setupcab.c
index 96050e2c966..d879f9da9a0 100644
--- a/dlls/setupapi/setupcab.c
+++ b/dlls/setupapi/setupcab.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 OSVERSIONINFOW OsVersionInfo;
 
 static HINSTANCE CABINET_hInstance = 0;
+HINSTANCE SETUPAPI_hInstance = 0;
 
 static HFDI (__cdecl *sc_FDICreate)(PFNALLOC, PFNFREE, PFNOPEN,
                 PFNREAD, PFNWRITE, PFNCLOSE, PFNSEEK, int, PERF);
@@ -695,6 +696,7 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
         OsVersionInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOW);
         if (!GetVersionExW(&OsVersionInfo))
             return FALSE;
+        SETUPAPI_hInstance = hinstDLL;
         break;
     case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
         UnloadCABINETDll();
diff --git a/dlls/setupapi/virtcopy.c b/dlls/setupapi/virtcopy.c
index 9dddc889da4..c2fded22ccc 100644
--- a/dlls/setupapi/virtcopy.c
+++ b/dlls/setupapi/virtcopy.c
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ static BOOL VCP_opened = FALSE;
 
 static VCPSTATUS vcp_status;
 
-static HINSTANCE SETUPAPI_hInstance;
-
 static WORD VCP_Callback( LPVOID obj, UINT16 msg, WPARAM16 wParam, LPARAM lParam, LPARAM lParamRef )
 {
     WORD args[8];
@@ -308,13 +306,6 @@ RETERR16 WINAPI VcpOpen16(VIFPROC vifproc, LPARAM lparamMsgRef)
     VCP_Proc = (FARPROC16)vifproc;
     VCP_MsgRef = lparamMsgRef;
 
-    /* load SETUPAPI needed for dialog resources etc. */
-    SETUPAPI_hInstance = GetModuleHandleA("setupapi.dll");
-    if (!SETUPAPI_hInstance)
-    {
-	ERR("Could not load sibling setupapi.dll\n");
-	return ERR_VCP_NOMEM;
-    }
     VCP_opened = TRUE;
     return OK;
 }