diff --git a/include/windows.h b/include/windows.h
index 0bc876cc741..9efad10eb23 100644
--- a/include/windows.h
+++ b/include/windows.h
@@ -8234,7 +8234,7 @@ UINT32      WINAPI GlobalGetAtomName32W(ATOM,LPWSTR,INT32);
 DWORD       WINAPI GlobalHandle16(WORD);
 HGLOBAL32   WINAPI GlobalHandle32(LPCVOID);
 #define     GlobalHandle WINELIB_NAME(GlobalHandle)
-VOID        WINAPI GlobalFix16(HGLOBAL16);
+WORD        WINAPI GlobalFix16(HGLOBAL16);
 VOID        WINAPI GlobalFix32(HGLOBAL32);
 #define     GlobalFix WINELIB_NAME(GlobalFix)
 LPVOID      WINAPI GlobalLock16(HGLOBAL16);
diff --git a/memory/global.c b/memory/global.c
index 799eb9f4556..80411ce6332 100644
--- a/memory/global.c
+++ b/memory/global.c
@@ -808,14 +808,16 @@ WORD WINAPI GlobalPageUnlock( HGLOBAL16 handle )
 /***********************************************************************
  *           GlobalFix16   (KERNEL.197)
  */
-void WINAPI GlobalFix16( HGLOBAL16 handle )
+WORD WINAPI GlobalFix16( HGLOBAL16 handle )
 {
     TRACE(global, "%04x\n", handle );
     if (!VALID_HANDLE(handle)) {
 	WARN(global,"Invalid handle 0x%04x passed to GlobalFix16!\n",handle);
-	return;
+	return 0;
     }
     GET_ARENA_PTR(handle)->lockCount++;
+
+    return GlobalHandleToSel(handle);
 }