diff --git a/osdep/threads-win32.h b/osdep/threads-win32.h
index 2617bcb51b..bfd17095ae 100644
--- a/osdep/threads-win32.h
+++ b/osdep/threads-win32.h
@@ -198,18 +198,22 @@ static inline int mp_thread_detach(mp_thread thread)
 wchar_t *mp_from_utf8(void *talloc_ctx, const char *s);
 static inline void mp_thread_set_name(const char *name)
 {
+    HRESULT (WINAPI *pSetThreadDescription)(HANDLE, PCWSTR);
 #if !HAVE_UWP
     HMODULE kernel32 = GetModuleHandleW(L"kernel32.dll");
     if (!kernel32)
         return;
-    HRESULT (WINAPI *pSetThreadDescription)(HANDLE, PCWSTR) =
-        (void *) GetProcAddress(kernel32, "SetThreadDescription");
+    pSetThreadDescription = (void *) GetProcAddress(kernel32, "SetThreadDescription");
     if (!pSetThreadDescription)
         return;
+#else
+    WINBASEAPI HRESULT WINAPI
+    SetThreadDescription(HANDLE hThread, PCWSTR lpThreadDescription);
+    pSetThreadDescription = &SetThreadDescription;
+#endif
     wchar_t *wname = mp_from_utf8(NULL, name);
     pSetThreadDescription(GetCurrentThread(), wname);
     talloc_free(wname);
-#endif
 }
 
 static inline int64_t mp_thread_cpu_time_ns(mp_thread_id thread)