diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/ws2_32/include/ws2_32.h b/reactos/dll/win32/ws2_32/include/ws2_32.h
index c7f8c96d885..8b0e9a2f41c 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/ws2_32/include/ws2_32.h
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/ws2_32/include/ws2_32.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ unsigned long strtoul(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base);
 
 #define EXPORT STDCALL
 
+extern HINSTANCE g_hInstDll;
 extern HANDLE GlobalHeap;
 extern BOOL WsaInitialized;	/* TRUE if WSAStartup() has been successfully called */
 extern WSPUPCALLTABLE UpcallTable;
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/ws2_32/misc/dllmain.c b/reactos/dll/win32/ws2_32/misc/dllmain.c
index 74eed23e3c3..bddf23beddd 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/ws2_32/misc/dllmain.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/ws2_32/misc/dllmain.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ DWORD DebugTraceLevel = 0;
 /* To make the linker happy */
 VOID STDCALL KeBugCheck (ULONG BugCheckCode) {}
 
-
+HINSTANCE g_hInstDll;
 HANDLE GlobalHeap;
 BOOL WsaInitialized = FALSE;    /* TRUE if WSAStartup() has been successfully called */
 WSPUPCALLTABLE UpcallTable;
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ WSAStartup(IN  WORD wVersionRequested,
     if (lpWSAData == NULL)
         return WSAEFAULT;
 
-    Low = LOWBYTE(wVersionRequested);
-    High  = HIGHBYTE(wVersionRequested);
+    Low = LOBYTE(wVersionRequested);
+    High  = HIBYTE(wVersionRequested);
 
     if (Low < 1)
     {
@@ -841,6 +841,8 @@ DllMain(HANDLE hInstDll,
         {
             GlobalHeap = GetProcessHeap();
 
+            g_hInstDll = hInstDll;
+
             CreateCatalog();
 
             InitProviderHandleTable();