diff --git a/dlls/activeds/activeds_main.c b/dlls/activeds/activeds_main.c
index c997cab9129..564acab93e4 100644
--- a/dlls/activeds/activeds_main.c
+++ b/dlls/activeds/activeds_main.c
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ HRESULT WINAPI ADsOpenObject(LPCWSTR path, LPCWSTR user, LPCWSTR password, DWORD
     if (!path || !riid || !obj)
         return E_INVALIDARG;
 
-    if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, L"Software\\Microsoft\\ADs\\Providers", 0, KEY_READ, &hkey))
-        return E_ADS_BAD_PATHNAME;
+    hr = E_FAIL;
 
-    hr = E_ADS_BAD_PATHNAME;
+    if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, L"Software\\Microsoft\\ADs\\Providers", 0, KEY_READ, &hkey))
+        return hr;
 
     for (;;)
     {
diff --git a/dlls/adsldp/tests/Makefile.in b/dlls/adsldp/tests/Makefile.in
index 52141139d55..26b937aa684 100644
--- a/dlls/adsldp/tests/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/adsldp/tests/Makefile.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TESTDLL   = adsldp.dll
-IMPORTS   = ole32 oleaut32 secur32 advapi32 uuid
+IMPORTS   = ole32 oleaut32 secur32 advapi32 activeds uuid
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	ldap.c \
diff --git a/dlls/adsldp/tests/ldap.c b/dlls/adsldp/tests/ldap.c
index 6f8c00aa891..e0e562e8bf9 100644
--- a/dlls/adsldp/tests/ldap.c
+++ b/dlls/adsldp/tests/ldap.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "objbase.h"
 #include "iads.h"
 #include "adserr.h"
+#include "adshlp.h"
 
 #include "wine/test.h"
 
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@ static void test_LDAP(void)
         if (hr == S_OK)
             IDispatch_Release(disp);
 
+        hr = ADsOpenObject(path, user, password, test[i].flags, &IID_IADs, (void **)&ads);
+        ok(hr == test[i].hr || hr == test[i].hr_ads_get, "%d: got %#x, expected %#x\n", i, hr, test[i].hr);
+        if (hr == S_OK)
+            IADs_Release(ads);
+
         SysFreeString(path);
         SysFreeString(user);
         SysFreeString(password);