3 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go b/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
index e348905abf..28091f7690 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func NewCallbackCDecl(fn any) uintptr {
 //sys	OpenProcess(da uint32, inheritHandle bool, pid uint32) (handle Handle, err error)
 //sys	TerminateProcess(handle Handle, exitcode uint32) (err error)
 //sys	GetExitCodeProcess(handle Handle, exitcode *uint32) (err error)
-//sys	GetStartupInfo(startupInfo *StartupInfo) (err error) = GetStartupInfoW
+//sys	getStartupInfo(startupInfo *StartupInfo) = GetStartupInfoW
 //sys	GetCurrentProcess() (pseudoHandle Handle, err error)
 //sys	GetProcessTimes(handle Handle, creationTime *Filetime, exitTime *Filetime, kernelTime *Filetime, userTime *Filetime) (err error)
 //sys	DuplicateHandle(hSourceProcessHandle Handle, hSourceHandle Handle, hTargetProcessHandle Handle, lpTargetHandle *Handle, dwDesiredAccess uint32, bInheritHandle bool, dwOptions uint32) (err error)
@@ -1437,3 +1437,8 @@ func newProcThreadAttributeList(maxAttrCount uint32) (*_PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LI
 func RegEnumKeyEx(key Handle, index uint32, name *uint16, nameLen *uint32, reserved *uint32, class *uint16, classLen *uint32, lastWriteTime *Filetime) (regerrno error) {
 	return regEnumKeyEx(key, index, name, nameLen, reserved, class, classLen, lastWriteTime)
 }
+
+func GetStartupInfo(startupInfo *StartupInfo) error {
+	getStartupInfo(startupInfo)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_windows_test.go b/src/syscall/syscall_windows_test.go
index 81285e9a38..f67e899159 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_windows_test.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_windows_test.go
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ func TestGetwd_DoesNotPanicWhenPathIsLong(t *testing.T) {
 	syscall.Getwd()
 }
 
+func TestGetStartupInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	var si syscall.StartupInfo
+	err := syscall.GetStartupInfo(&si)
+	if err != nil {
+		// see https://go.dev/issue/31316
+		t.Fatalf("GetStartupInfo: got error %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func FuzzUTF16FromString(f *testing.F) {
 	f.Add("hi")           // ASCII
 	f.Add("â")            // latin1
diff --git a/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go b/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go
index 68c29d809e..630270812d 100644
--- a/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go
@@ -858,11 +858,8 @@ func GetShortPathName(longpath *uint16, shortpath *uint16, buflen uint32) (n uin
 	return
 }
 
-func GetStartupInfo(startupInfo *StartupInfo) (err error) {
-	r1, _, e1 := Syscall(procGetStartupInfoW.Addr(), 1, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(startupInfo)), 0, 0)
-	if r1 == 0 {
-		err = errnoErr(e1)
-	}
+func getStartupInfo(startupInfo *StartupInfo) {
+	Syscall(procGetStartupInfoW.Addr(), 1, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(startupInfo)), 0, 0)
 	return
 }