diff --git a/platform_windows.c b/platform_windows.c
index a0f25d6..290d4f4 100644
--- a/platform_windows.c
+++ b/platform_windows.c
@@ -388,18 +388,17 @@ static void xxh3_hash_file_stream(const char *path, char *out_hex) {
     return;
   }
   XXH128_hash_t h;
-  XXH3_state_t *state = XXH3_createState();
-  XXH3_128bits_reset(state);
+  XXH3_state_t state;
+  XXH3_128bits_reset(&state);
 
   BYTE *buf = (BYTE *)malloc(READ_BLOCK);
   DWORD read = 0;
   BOOL ok;
   while (ReadFile(hFile, buf, READ_BLOCK, &read, NULL) && read > 0) {
-    XXH3_128bits_update(state, buf, (size_t)read);
+    XXH3_128bits_update(&state, buf, (size_t)read);
     atomic_fetch_add(&g_bytes_processed, (uint64_t)read);
   }
-  h = XXH3_128bits_digest(state);
-  XXH3_freeState(state);
+  h = XXH3_128bits_digest(&state);
   CloseHandle(hFile);
   free(buf);
   snprintf(out_hex, HASH_STRLEN, "%016llx%016llx", (unsigned long long)h.high64,