diff --git a/reactos/subsystems/ntvdm/int32.c b/reactos/subsystems/ntvdm/int32.c
index 86bd226cd7f..e87db2ec5e1 100644
--- a/reactos/subsystems/ntvdm/int32.c
+++ b/reactos/subsystems/ntvdm/int32.c
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ static BYTE Int16To32[] =
 
     0xFB,               // sti
 
-    // HACK: The following instruction should be HLT!
-    0x90,               // nop
+    0xF4,               // hlt
 
     0xEB, 0xF5,         // jmp BOP_SEQ (offset -11)