diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/tests/thread.c b/dlls/kernel32/tests/thread.c
index ac09bb8f434..001128b466f 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/tests/thread.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/tests/thread.c
@@ -1083,10 +1083,10 @@ static void test_SetThreadContext(void)
     ctx.ContextFlags = CONTEXT_FULL;
     SetLastError(0xdeadbeef);
     ret = GetThreadContext( thread, &ctx );
-    ok( (!ret && (GetLastError() == ERROR_GEN_FAILURE)) ||
+    ok( (!ret && ((GetLastError() == ERROR_GEN_FAILURE) || (GetLastError() == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED))) ||
         (!ret && broken(GetLastError() == ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE)) || /* win2k */
         broken(ret),   /* 32bit application on NT 5.x 64bit */
-        "got %d with %u (expected FALSE with ERROR_GEN_FAILURE)\n",
+        "got %d with %u (expected FALSE with ERROR_GEN_FAILURE or ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED)\n",
         ret, GetLastError() );
 
     SetLastError(0xdeadbeef);