diff --git a/libfreerdp/core/tcp.c b/libfreerdp/core/tcp.c
index ee9e5099f..ef5a490b2 100644
--- a/libfreerdp/core/tcp.c
+++ b/libfreerdp/core/tcp.c
@@ -513,9 +513,11 @@ rdpTcp* tcp_new(rdpSettings* settings)
 	tcp->sockfd = -1;
 	tcp->settings = settings;
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
 	tcp->event = CreateFileDescriptorEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, tcp->sockfd);
 	if (!tcp->event || tcp->event == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 		goto out_ringbuffer;
+#endif
 
 	return tcp;
 out_ringbuffer: