diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/tests/safearray.c b/dlls/oleaut32/tests/safearray.c
index 689494d0f10..97ba9dd72f1 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/tests/safearray.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/tests/safearray.c
@@ -1683,9 +1683,18 @@ static void test_SafeArrayChangeTypeEx(void)
     VariantInit(&v2);
 
     hres = VariantChangeTypeEx(&v2, &v, 0, 0, VT_BSTR);
-    ok(hres != S_OK, "CTE VT_ARRAY|VT %d->BSTR succeeded\n", vt);
+    if (vt == VT_INT_PTR || vt == VT_UINT_PTR)
+    {
+        ok(hres == DISP_E_BADVARTYPE, "expected DISP_E_BADVARTYPE, got 0x%08x\n", hres);
+        SafeArrayDestroy(sa);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ok(hres == DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH, "got 0x%08x for vt=%d, instead of DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH\n", hres, vt);
+        hres = VariantClear(&v);
+        ok(hres == S_OK, "expected S_OK, got 0x%08x\n", hres);
+    }
     VariantClear(&v2);
-    VariantClear(&v);
   }
 
   /* Can't change an array of one type into array of another type , even
diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c b/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c
index 776c0e7bd4a..5d32c3b07a6 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ HRESULT VARIANT_ClearInd(VARIANTARG *pVarg)
  */
 HRESULT WINAPI VariantClear(VARIANTARG* pVarg)
 {
-  HRESULT hres = S_OK;
+  HRESULT hres;
 
   TRACE("(%p->(%s%s))\n", pVarg, debugstr_VT(pVarg), debugstr_VF(pVarg));
 
@@ -664,8 +664,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI VariantClear(VARIANTARG* pVarg)
     {
       if (V_ISARRAY(pVarg) || V_VT(pVarg) == VT_SAFEARRAY)
       {
-        if (V_ARRAY(pVarg))
-          hres = SafeArrayDestroy(V_ARRAY(pVarg));
+        hres = SafeArrayDestroy(V_ARRAY(pVarg));
       }
       else if (V_VT(pVarg) == VT_BSTR)
       {