diff --git a/src/msw/datectrl.cpp b/src/msw/datectrl.cpp
index 05beb336e0..d21cb60ef0 100644
--- a/src/msw/datectrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/datectrl.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,11 @@ bool wxDatePickerCtrl::GetRange(wxDateTime *dt1, wxDateTime *dt2) const
     DWORD flags = DateTime_GetRange(GetHwnd(), st);
     if ( dt1 )
     {
-        if ( flags & GDTR_MIN )
+        // Workaround for https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40301: WINE
+        // returns GDTR_MIN even if there is no lower range bound. Luckily we
+        // can check for it easily as the SYSTEMTIME contains only zeroes in
+        // this case and 0 is invalid value for wMonth field.
+        if ( (flags & GDTR_MIN) && (st[0].wMonth != 0) )
             dt1->SetFromMSWSysDate(st[0]);
         else
             *dt1 = wxDefaultDateTime;