diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c b/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c
index bd1ff17c707..010b1143172 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c
@@ -506,13 +506,13 @@ static inline HRESULT VARIANT_CoerceArray(VARIANTARG* pd, VARIANTARG* ps, VARTYP
 
 static HRESULT VARIANT_FetchDispatchValue(LPVARIANT pvDispatch, LPVARIANT pValue)
 {
+    DISPPARAMS params = { 0 };
     HRESULT hres;
-    static DISPPARAMS emptyParams = { NULL, NULL, 0, 0 };
 
     if ((V_VT(pvDispatch) & VT_TYPEMASK) == VT_DISPATCH) {
         if (NULL == V_DISPATCH(pvDispatch)) return DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH;
         hres = IDispatch_Invoke(V_DISPATCH(pvDispatch), DISPID_VALUE, &IID_NULL,
-            LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET, &emptyParams, pValue,
+            LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET, &params, pValue,
             NULL, NULL);
     } else {
         hres = DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH;