diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/nsio.c b/dlls/mshtml/nsio.c
index 7fdd0e68636..08d3c06e731 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/nsio.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/nsio.c
@@ -801,37 +801,6 @@ static nsresult NSAPI nsChannel_Open(nsIHttpChannel *iface, nsIInputStream **_re
return NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
}
-static HRESULT create_mon_for_nschannel(nsChannel *channel, IMoniker **mon)
-{
- nsWineURI *wine_uri;
- nsresult nsres;
- HRESULT hres;
-
- if(!channel->original_uri) {
- ERR("original_uri == NULL\n");
- return E_FAIL;
- }
-
- nsres = nsIURI_QueryInterface(channel->original_uri, &IID_nsWineURI, (void**)&wine_uri);
- if(NS_FAILED(nsres)) {
- ERR("Could not get nsWineURI: %08x\n", nsres);
- return E_FAIL;
- }
-
- if(wine_uri->wine_url) {
- hres = CreateURLMoniker(NULL, wine_uri->wine_url, mon);
- if(FAILED(hres))
- WARN("CreateURLMoniker failed: %08x\n", hres);
- }else {
- TRACE("wine_url == NULL\n");
- hres = E_FAIL;
- }
-
- nsIURI_Release(NSURI(wine_uri));
-
- return hres;
-}
-
static HTMLWindow *get_window_from_load_group(nsChannel *This)
{
HTMLWindow *window;
@@ -944,9 +913,11 @@ static nsresult async_open(nsChannel *This, HTMLWindow *window, BOOL is_doc_chan
IMoniker *mon = NULL;
HRESULT hres;
- hres = create_mon_for_nschannel(This, &mon);
- if(FAILED(hres))
+ hres = CreateURLMoniker(NULL, This->uri->wine_url, &mon);
+ if(FAILED(hres)) {
+ WARN("CreateURLMoniker failed: %08x\n", hres);
return NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED;
+ }
if(is_doc_channel)
set_current_mon(window, mon);