diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 430fad76c..876f398f1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-03-26  Neil Roberts  <neil@o-hand.com>
+
+	* clutter/win32/clutter-event-win32.c (clutter_event_check):
+	Removed the pointless parameter in the call to check_msg_pending.
+	(check_msg_pending): Fixed to use PeekMessageW instead of
+	PeekMessage.
+	
 2008-03-25  Neil Roberts  <neil@o-hand.com>
 
 	Added a native Win32 WGL backend.
diff --git a/clutter/win32/clutter-event-win32.c b/clutter/win32/clutter-event-win32.c
index 0f7f496fc..e85b0eb7a 100644
--- a/clutter/win32/clutter-event-win32.c
+++ b/clutter/win32/clutter-event-win32.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ check_msg_pending ()
 {
   MSG msg;
 
-  return PeekMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_NOREMOVE) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+  return PeekMessageW (&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_NOREMOVE) ? TRUE : FALSE;
 }
 
 static ClutterModifierType
@@ -232,13 +232,12 @@ static gboolean
 clutter_event_check (GSource *source)
 {
   ClutterEventSource *event_source = (ClutterEventSource *) source;
-  ClutterBackend *backend = event_source->backend;
   gboolean retval;
 
   clutter_threads_enter ();
 
   if ((event_source->event_poll_fd.revents & G_IO_IN))
-    retval = (clutter_events_pending () || check_msg_pending (backend));
+    retval = (clutter_events_pending () || check_msg_pending ());
   else
     retval = FALSE;