diff --git a/vcl/win/app/salinst.cxx b/vcl/win/app/salinst.cxx
index aa0cbfd12bb2..13d2fafc2040 100644
--- a/vcl/win/app/salinst.cxx
+++ b/vcl/win/app/salinst.cxx
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK SalComWndProc( HWND, UINT nMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, b
             {
                 NoYieldLockGuard g;
                 nRet = reinterpret_cast<LRESULT>(
-                    GetDCEx(reinterpret_cast<HWND>(wParam), nullptr, 0x00000002L));
+                    GetDCEx(reinterpret_cast<HWND>(wParam), nullptr, DCX_CACHE));
             }
             break;
         case (SAL_MSG_RELEASEDC):