src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit_windows.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
 src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_386.c     | 10 ++--------
 src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_amd64.c   |  8 +-------
 src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_arm64.c   |  8 +-------
 src/runtime/cgo/libcgo_windows.h      | 10 ++--------

diff --git a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit_windows.c b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit_windows.c
index ad5038667a5b62458a147d1fa0a6f12d876aa431..a9b94c37139b446cb5d506c18f8d249d7a1ec122 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit_windows.c
+++ b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit_windows.c
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "libcgo.h"
+#include "libcgo_windows.h"
+
+// Ensure there's one symbol marked __declspec(dllexport).
+// If there are no exported symbols, the unfortunate behavior of
+// the binutils linker is to also strip the relocations table,
+// resulting in non-PIE binary. The other option is the
+// --export-all-symbols flag, but we don't need to export all symbols
+// and this may overflow the export table (#40795).
+// See https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19011
+__declspec(dllexport) int _cgo_dummy_export;
 
 static volatile LONG runtime_init_once_gate = 0;
 static volatile LONG runtime_init_once_done = 0;
@@ -53,13 +63,7 @@ }
 
 void
 x_cgo_sys_thread_create(void (*func)(void*), void* arg) {
-	uintptr_t thandle;
-
-	thandle = _beginthread(func, 0, arg);
-	if(thandle == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "runtime: failed to create new OS thread (%d)\n", errno);
-		abort();
-	}
+	_cgo_beginthread(func, arg);
 }
 
 int
@@ -123,3 +127,13 @@ 	ret = cgo_context_function;
 	LeaveCriticalSection(&runtime_init_cs);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+void _cgo_beginthread(void (*func)(void*), void* arg) {
+	uintptr_t thandle;
+
+	thandle = _beginthread(func, 0, arg);
+	if (thandle == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "runtime: failed to create new OS thread (%d)\n", errno);
+		abort();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_386.c b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_386.c
index 60cb011bf2457871a5d458385a6e907acddbf90e..56fbaac9b831fa27da76f145607e3a80b74fa5fe 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_386.c
+++ b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_386.c
@@ -22,13 +22,7 @@
 void
 _cgo_sys_thread_start(ThreadStart *ts)
 {
-	uintptr_t thandle;
-
-	thandle = _beginthread(threadentry, 0, ts);
-	if(thandle == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "runtime: failed to create new OS thread (%d)\n", errno);
-		abort();
-	}
+	_cgo_beginthread(threadentry, ts);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -50,6 +44,6 @@ 		"movl %%fs:0x14, %%eax\n"	// MOVL 0x14(FS), tmp
 		"movl %1, 0(%%eax)\n"	// MOVL g, 0(FS)
 		:: "r"(ts.tls), "r"(ts.g) : "%eax"
 	);
-	
+
 	crosscall_386(ts.fn);
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_amd64.c b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_amd64.c
index 9df9b9b1e4a0312144fa28ef4ad9f9b0dffec00c..996947eccf4baa23e29fb1481859b575d514e119 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_amd64.c
+++ b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_amd64.c
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@
 void
 _cgo_sys_thread_start(ThreadStart *ts)
 {
-	uintptr_t thandle;
-
-	thandle = _beginthread(threadentry, 0, ts);
-	if(thandle == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "runtime: failed to create new OS thread (%d)\n", errno);
-		abort();
-	}
+	_cgo_beginthread(threadentry, ts);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_arm64.c b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_arm64.c
index 61ef094866a07e9c2517685b20a7ed958e5c5b5b..8f113cc3b16727290d12f86eda522860bb7fd547 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_arm64.c
+++ b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_windows_arm64.c
@@ -23,13 +23,7 @@
 void
 _cgo_sys_thread_start(ThreadStart *ts)
 {
-	uintptr_t thandle;
-
-	thandle = _beginthread(threadentry, 0, ts);
-	if(thandle == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "runtime: failed to create new OS thread (%d)\n", errno);
-		abort();
-	}
+	_cgo_beginthread(threadentry, ts);
 }
 
 extern void crosscall1(void (*fn)(void), void (*setg_gcc)(void*), void *g);
diff --git a/src/runtime/cgo/libcgo_windows.h b/src/runtime/cgo/libcgo_windows.h
index 0013f06baebd1b25683462bdde8dd2c416f3c53e..33d7637fece0ecb5e0c3667c560a7f7850d96a29 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cgo/libcgo_windows.h
+++ b/src/runtime/cgo/libcgo_windows.h
@@ -2,11 +2,5 @@ // Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Ensure there's one symbol marked __declspec(dllexport).
-// If there are no exported symbols, the unfortunate behavior of
-// the binutils linker is to also strip the relocations table,
-// resulting in non-PIE binary. The other option is the
-// --export-all-symbols flag, but we don't need to export all symbols
-// and this may overflow the export table (#40795).
-// See https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19011
-__declspec(dllexport) int _cgo_dummy_export;
+// Call _beginthread, aborting on failure.
+void _cgo_beginthread(void (*func)(void*), void* arg);