diff --git a/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl.c b/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl.c
index 2c080eaf9f6..9320e02dca9 100644
--- a/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl.c
+++ b/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/ntoskrnl.c
@@ -3319,8 +3319,7 @@ PVOID WINAPI MmGetSystemRoutineAddress(PUNICODE_STRING SystemRoutineName)
         pFunc = GetProcAddress( hMod, routineNameA.Buffer );
         if (!pFunc)
         {
-           hMod = GetModuleHandleW( halW );
-
+           hMod = LoadLibraryW( halW );
            if (hMod) pFunc = GetProcAddress( hMod, routineNameA.Buffer );
         }
         RtlFreeAnsiString( &routineNameA );