diff --git a/src/runtime/os_windows.c b/src/runtime/os_windows.c
index 6c8f137ee5a..62d94b65a02 100644
--- a/src/runtime/os_windows.c
+++ b/src/runtime/os_windows.c
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ runtime·minit(void)
 void
 runtime·unminit(void)
 {
+	runtime·stdcall1(runtime·CloseHandle, (uintptr)g->m->thread);
+	g->m->thread = nil;
 }
 
 // Described in http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/research/WRK/2007/08/getting-os-information-the-kuser_shared_data-structure/