--- a/psutil/_psutil_windows.c
+++ b/psutil/_psutil_windows.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@

 #define GETSTATE(m) ((struct module_state *)PyModule_GetState(m))

+PyObject *TimeoutExpired;
+PyObject *TimeoutAbandoned;

 // ------------------------ Python init ---------------------------

--- a/psutil/arch/windows/proc.c
+++ b/psutil/arch/windows/proc.c
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@


 // Raised by Process.wait().
-PyObject *TimeoutExpired;
-PyObject *TimeoutAbandoned;
+PyObject *TimeoutExpired2;
+PyObject *TimeoutAbandoned2;


 /*
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     }
     if (retVal == WAIT_TIMEOUT) {
         PyErr_SetString(
-            TimeoutExpired, "WaitForSingleObject() returned WAIT_TIMEOUT"
+            TimeoutExpired2, "WaitForSingleObject() returned WAIT_TIMEOUT"
         );
         CloseHandle(hProcess);
         return NULL;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     if (retVal == WAIT_ABANDONED) {
         psutil_debug("WaitForSingleObject() -> WAIT_ABANDONED");
         PyErr_SetString(
-            TimeoutAbandoned, "WaitForSingleObject() returned WAIT_ABANDONED"
+            TimeoutAbandoned2, "WaitForSingleObject() returned WAIT_ABANDONED"
         );
         CloseHandle(hProcess);
         return NULL;
--- a/psutil/arch/windows/init.h
+++ b/psutil/arch/windows/init.h
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@
 PVOID psutil_GetProcAddressFromLib(LPCSTR libname, LPCSTR procname);
 PVOID psutil_SetFromNTStatusErr(NTSTATUS status, const char *syscall);

-PyObject *TimeoutExpired;
-PyObject *TimeoutAbandoned;


 int _psutil_pids(DWORD **pids_array, int *pids_count);
@@ -86,10 +84,10 @@
 PyObject *psutil_disk_io_counters(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
 PyObject *psutil_disk_partitions(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
 PyObject *psutil_disk_usage(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
-PyObject *psutil_get_loadavg();
+PyObject *psutil_get_loadavg(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
 PyObject *psutil_get_open_files(DWORD pid, HANDLE hProcess);
 PyObject *psutil_getpagesize(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
-PyObject *psutil_init_loadavg_counter();
+PyObject *psutil_init_loadavg_counter(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
 PyObject *psutil_heap_info(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
 PyObject *psutil_heap_trim(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
 PyObject *psutil_net_connections(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);