diff --git a/base/applications/mspaint/canvas.cpp b/base/applications/mspaint/canvas.cpp
index 3b260b8a5b3..4ce162aa18a 100644
--- a/base/applications/mspaint/canvas.cpp
+++ b/base/applications/mspaint/canvas.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ VOID CCanvasWindow::DoDraw(HDC hDC, RECT& rcClient, RECT& rcPaint)
              rcPaint.right - rcPaint.left, rcPaint.bottom - rcPaint.top,
              hdcMem, rcPaint.left, rcPaint.top, SRCCOPY);
 
-    ::SelectObject(hdcMem, hbmOld);
+    ::DeleteObject(::SelectObject(hdcMem, hbmOld));
     ::DeleteDC(hdcMem);
 }
 
diff --git a/base/applications/mspaint/palette.cpp b/base/applications/mspaint/palette.cpp
index 920af27d250..acd5552defc 100644
--- a/base/applications/mspaint/palette.cpp
+++ b/base/applications/mspaint/palette.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ LRESULT CPaletteWindow::OnPaint(UINT nMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, BOOL& b
     /* Transfer bits (hDC <-- hMemDC) */
     ::BitBlt(hDC, 0, 0, rcClient.right, rcClient.bottom, hMemDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
 
-    ::SelectObject(hMemDC, hbmOld);
+    ::DeleteObject(::SelectObject(hMemDC, hbmOld));
     ::DeleteDC(hMemDC);
     EndPaint(&ps);
     return 0;