diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 92481c4a7eb..21b7a26cb97 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -877,8 +877,8 @@ bool AppInitBasicSetup()
     _set_abort_behavior(0, _WRITE_ABORT_MSG | _CALL_REPORTFAULT);
 #endif
 #ifdef WIN32
-    // Enable Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
-    SetProcessDEPPolicy(PROCESS_DEP_ENABLE);
+    // Enable heap terminate-on-corruption
+    HeapSetInformation(nullptr, HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption, nullptr, 0);
 #endif
 
     if (!SetupNetworking())