diff --git a/src/win32/cairo-win32-font.c b/src/win32/cairo-win32-font.c
index d57d86b4e..67c09d14e 100644
--- a/src/win32/cairo-win32-font.c
+++ b/src/win32/cairo-win32-font.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ _cairo_win32_scaled_font_init_glyph_path (cairo_win32_scaled_font_t *scaled_font
 #define NEARLY_ZERO(d) (fabs(d) < (1. / 65536.))
 
 static HDC
-_get_global_font_dc (void)
+_get_thread_font_dc (void)
 {
     cairo_win32_thread_data_t *data = cairo_win32_thread_data_get ();
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ _win32_scaled_font_create (LOGFONTW                   *logfont,
     cairo_matrix_t scale;
     cairo_status_t status;
 
-    hdc = _get_global_font_dc ();
+    hdc = _get_thread_font_dc ();
     if (hdc == NULL)
 	return _cairo_error (CAIRO_STATUS_NO_MEMORY);
 
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ _cairo_win32_scaled_font_ucs4_to_index (void		*abstract_font,
     HDC hdc = NULL;
     cairo_status_t status;
 
-    hdc = _get_global_font_dc ();
+    hdc = _get_thread_font_dc ();
     assert (hdc != NULL);
 
     status = cairo_win32_scaled_font_select_font (&scaled_font->base, hdc);
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ _cairo_win32_scaled_font_set_metrics (cairo_win32_scaled_font_t *scaled_font)
     TEXTMETRIC metrics = {0};
     HDC hdc;
 
-    hdc = _get_global_font_dc ();
+    hdc = _get_thread_font_dc ();
     assert (hdc != NULL);
 
     if (scaled_font->preserve_axes || scaled_font->base.options.hint_metrics == CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_OFF) {
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ _cairo_win32_scaled_font_init_glyph_metrics (cairo_win32_scaled_font_t *scaled_f
     cairo_text_extents_t extents;
     HDC hdc;
 
-    hdc = _get_global_font_dc ();
+    hdc = _get_thread_font_dc ();
     assert (hdc != NULL);
 
     if (scaled_font->is_bitmap) {
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ _cairo_win32_scaled_font_glyph_bbox (void		 *abstract_font,
 	cairo_status_t status;
 	int i;
 
-	hdc = _get_global_font_dc ();
+	hdc = _get_thread_font_dc ();
 	assert (hdc != NULL);
 
 	status = cairo_win32_scaled_font_select_font (&scaled_font->base, hdc);
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ _cairo_win32_scaled_font_load_truetype_table (void	       *abstract_font,
     cairo_status_t status;
     DWORD ret;
 
-    hdc = _get_global_font_dc ();
+    hdc = _get_thread_font_dc ();
     assert (hdc != NULL);
 
     tag = (tag&0x000000ffu)<<24 | (tag&0x0000ff00)<<8 | (tag&0x00ff0000)>>8 | (tag&0xff000000)>>24;
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ _cairo_win32_scaled_font_index_to_ucs4 (void		*abstract_font,
     unsigned int i, j, num_glyphs;
     cairo_status_t status;
 
-    hdc = _get_global_font_dc ();
+    hdc = _get_thread_font_dc ();
     assert (hdc != NULL);
 
     status = cairo_win32_scaled_font_select_font (&scaled_font->base, hdc);
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ _cairo_win32_scaled_font_init_glyph_path (cairo_win32_scaled_font_t *scaled_font
     if (scaled_font->is_bitmap)
 	return CAIRO_INT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
 
-    hdc = _get_global_font_dc ();
+    hdc = _get_thread_font_dc ();
     assert (hdc != NULL);
 
     path = _cairo_path_fixed_create ();