diff --git a/src/runtime/syscall_windows.go b/src/runtime/syscall_windows.go
index cd23b8da6b..ca8ea8b04f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/syscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/runtime/syscall_windows.go
@@ -207,3 +207,9 @@ func syscall_Syscall15(fn, nargs, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, a11,
 	cgocall(asmstdcallAddr, unsafe.Pointer(c))
 	return c.r1, c.r2, c.err
 }
+
+//go:linkname syscall_exit syscall.Exit
+//go:nosplit
+func syscall_exit(code int) {
+	exit(int32(code))
+}
diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go b/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
index 551a8c0dd3..4619ce2a2b 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ func NewCallbackCDecl(fn interface{}) uintptr {
 
 // syscall interface implementation for other packages
 
-func Exit(code int) { ExitProcess(uint32(code)) }
+// Implemented in ../runtime/syscall_windows.go.
+func Exit(code int)
 
 func makeInheritSa() *SecurityAttributes {
 	var sa SecurityAttributes