diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 0c29dc94c2..7b8182627a 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - Don't lose combobox text when it's opened and closed (Kolya Kosenko)
 - Corrected GetChecked() for events from checkable menu items (smanders)
 - Fixed popup menus under Windows NT 4
+- Fixed bug in wxThread::Wait() in console applications introduced in 2.8.3
 
 wxGTK:
 
diff --git a/src/msw/thread.cpp b/src/msw/thread.cpp
index a8826baed7..23462b2f02 100644
--- a/src/msw/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/thread.cpp
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ wxThreadInternal::WaitForTerminate(wxCriticalSection& cs,
             // loop to process them as otherwise we'd enter an infinite loop
             // with MsgWaitForMultipleObjects() always returning WAIT_OBJECT_0
             // + 1 because the message would remain forever in the queue
-            result = ::WaitForSingleObject(&m_hThread, INFINITE);
+            result = ::WaitForSingleObject(m_hThread, INFINITE);
         }
         else // wait for thread termination without blocking the GUI
         {