diff --git a/atom/common/node_bindings_win.cc b/atom/common/node_bindings_win.cc
index 3a0d1063aa..c7e11b97b2 100644
--- a/atom/common/node_bindings_win.cc
+++ b/atom/common/node_bindings_win.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void NodeBindingsWin::PollEvents() {
     ULONG_PTR key;
     OVERLAPPED* overlapped;
 
-    timeout = uv_get_poll_timeout(uv_loop_);
+    timeout = uv_backend_timeout(uv_loop_);
     GetQueuedCompletionStatus(uv_loop_->iocp,
                               &bytes,
                               &key,