diff --git a/include/wx/msw/choice.h b/include/wx/msw/choice.h
index d17e1c655d..c124543d15 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/choice.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/choice.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #ifndef _WX_CHOICE_H_
 #define _WX_CHOICE_H_
 
+struct tagCOMBOBOXINFO;
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Choice item
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -136,6 +138,10 @@ protected:
     // set the height of the visible part of the control to m_heightOwn
     void MSWUpdateVisibleHeight();
 
+    // Call GetComboBoxInfo() and return false if it's not supported by this
+    // system. Notice that the caller must initialize info.cbSize.
+    bool MSWGetComboBoxInfo(tagCOMBOBOXINFO* info) const;
+
     // create and initialize the control
     bool CreateAndInit(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
                        const wxPoint& pos,
diff --git a/src/msw/choice.cpp b/src/msw/choice.cpp
index 5ad9416212..e408eb89ad 100644
--- a/src/msw/choice.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/choice.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
     #include "wx/settings.h"
 #endif
 
+#include "wx/dynlib.h"
+
 #include "wx/msw/private.h"
 
 // ============================================================================
@@ -198,6 +200,28 @@ wxChoice::~wxChoice()
     Clear();
 }
 
+bool wxChoice::MSWGetComboBoxInfo(COMBOBOXINFO* info) const
+{
+    // TODO-Win9x: Get rid of this once we officially drop support for Win9x
+    //             and just call the function directly.
+#if wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
+    typedef BOOL (WINAPI *GetComboBoxInfo_t)(HWND, COMBOBOXINFO*);
+    static GetComboBoxInfo_t s_pfnGetComboBoxInfo = NULL;
+    static bool s_triedToLoad = false;
+    if ( !s_triedToLoad )
+    {
+        s_triedToLoad = true;
+        wxLoadedDLL dllUser32("user32.dll");
+        wxDL_INIT_FUNC(s_pfn, GetComboBoxInfo, dllUser32);
+    }
+
+    if ( s_pfnGetComboBoxInfo )
+        return (*s_pfnGetComboBoxInfo)(GetHwnd(), info) != 0;
+#endif // wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // adding/deleting items to/from the list
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/msw/combobox.cpp b/src/msw/combobox.cpp
index 46b1c482c1..076f3689ec 100644
--- a/src/msw/combobox.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/combobox.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "wx/clipbrd.h"
-#include "wx/dynlib.h"
 #include "wx/wupdlock.h"
 #include "wx/msw/private.h"
 
@@ -378,26 +377,9 @@ bool wxComboBox::MSWShouldPreProcessMessage(WXMSG *pMsg)
 
 WXHWND wxComboBox::GetEditHWNDIfAvailable() const
 {
-#if wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
-#if defined(WINVER) && WINVER >= 0x0500
-    typedef BOOL (WINAPI *GetComboBoxInfo_t)(HWND, COMBOBOXINFO*);
-    static GetComboBoxInfo_t s_pfnGetComboBoxInfo = NULL;
-    static bool s_triedToLoad = false;
-    if ( !s_triedToLoad )
-    {
-        s_triedToLoad = true;
-        wxLoadedDLL dllUser32("user32.dll");
-        wxDL_INIT_FUNC(s_pfn, GetComboBoxInfo, dllUser32);
-    }
-
-    if ( s_pfnGetComboBoxInfo )
-    {
-        WinStruct<COMBOBOXINFO> info;
-        (*s_pfnGetComboBoxInfo)(GetHwnd(), &info);
+    WinStruct<COMBOBOXINFO> info;
+    if ( MSWGetComboBoxInfo(&info) )
         return info.hwndItem;
-    }
-#endif // WINVER >= 0x0500
-#endif // wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
 
     if (HasFlag(wxCB_SIMPLE))
     {