diff --git a/collects/mred/private/wx/win32/canvas.rkt b/collects/mred/private/wx/win32/canvas.rkt
index 0c5ddba9e9..a6723720ab 100644
--- a/collects/mred/private/wx/win32/canvas.rkt
+++ b/collects/mred/private/wx/win32/canvas.rkt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
                                      (if hscroll? WS_HSCROLL 0)
                                      (if vscroll? WS_VSCROLL 0))
                         0 0 w h
-                        (or panel-hwnd (send parent get-hwnd))
+                        (or panel-hwnd (send parent get-client-hwnd))
                         #f
                         hInstance
                         #f))