diff --git a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
index 1a12cbc40f5..b7a685a8539 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ public IWindowIconImpl LoadIcon(IBitmapImpl bitmap)
             using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
             {
                 bitmap.Save(memoryStream);
-                return CreateIconImpl(memoryStream);
+                var iconData = memoryStream.ToArray();
+                return new IconImpl(new Win32Icon(iconData), iconData);
             }
         }