diff --git a/dlls/uxtheme/system.c b/dlls/uxtheme/system.c
index 33e407fdf82..b18794740a8 100644
--- a/dlls/uxtheme/system.c
+++ b/dlls/uxtheme/system.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI SetWindowTheme(HWND hwnd, LPCWSTR pszSubAppName,
     if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
         hr = UXTHEME_SetWindowProperty(hwnd, atSubIdList, pszSubIdList);
     if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
-	UXTHEME_broadcast_msg (hwnd, WM_THEMECHANGED);
+        SendMessageW(hwnd, WM_THEMECHANGED, 0, 0);
     return hr;
 }
 
diff --git a/dlls/uxtheme/tests/system.c b/dlls/uxtheme/tests/system.c
index 38cccb3ec6f..7f2e6d04aa4 100644
--- a/dlls/uxtheme/tests/system.c
+++ b/dlls/uxtheme/tests/system.c
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ static void test_SetWindowTheme(void)
         }
         DispatchMessageA(&msg);
     }
-    ok_sequence(sequences, PARENT_SEQ_INDEX, SetWindowThemeSeq, "SetWindowTheme parent", TRUE);
-    ok_sequence(sequences, CHILD_SEQ_INDEX, EmptySeq, "SetWindowTheme child", TRUE);
+    ok_sequence(sequences, PARENT_SEQ_INDEX, SetWindowThemeSeq, "SetWindowTheme parent", FALSE);
+    ok_sequence(sequences, CHILD_SEQ_INDEX, EmptySeq, "SetWindowTheme child", FALSE);
     DestroyWindow(hWnd);
     UnregisterClassA("TestSetWindowThemeParentClass", GetModuleHandleA(0));
     UnregisterClassA("TestSetWindowThemeChildClass", GetModuleHandleA(0));