diff --git a/lib/rtl/critical.c b/lib/rtl/critical.c
index 2045c0e748c..f166814da1c 100644
--- a/lib/rtl/critical.c
+++ b/lib/rtl/critical.c
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ RtlpCreateCriticalSectionSem(PRTL_CRITICAL_SECTION CriticalSection)
         }
         DPRINT("Created Event: %p \n", hNewEvent);
 
-        if (_InterlockedCompareExchangePointer((PVOID*)&CriticalSection->LockSemaphore,
-                                               (PVOID)hNewEvent,
-                                                0)) {
+        if (InterlockedCompareExchangePointer((PVOID*)&CriticalSection->LockSemaphore,
+                                              (PVOID)hNewEvent,
+                                               0)) {
 
             /* Some just created an event */
             DPRINT("Closing already created event: %p\n", hNewEvent);