diff --git a/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c b/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c
index 0a0fba6a3..0cbe2a4d8 100644
--- a/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c
+++ b/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@
 #include "FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "task.h"
 
+#ifdef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+    #include <winsock2.h>
+#else
+    #include <winsock.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <timeapi.h>
+#include <mmsystem.h>
+#include <winbase.h>
+
 #ifdef __GNUC__
     #include "mmsystem.h"
 #else
diff --git a/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h b/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h
index 48a8bf4b0..4a824b5ae 100644
--- a/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h
+++ b/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h
@@ -29,16 +29,7 @@
 #ifndef PORTMACRO_H
 #define PORTMACRO_H
 
-#ifdef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-    #include <winsock2.h>
-#else
-    #include <winsock.h>
-#endif
 
-#include <windows.h>
-#include <timeapi.h>
-#include <mmsystem.h>
-#include <winbase.h>
 
 /******************************************************************************
 *   Defines