diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/element.c b/dlls/msxml3/element.c
index 50712448663..f84dcb5e4fe 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/element.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/element.c
@@ -761,21 +761,24 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI domelem_put_nodeTypedValue(
     VARIANT value)
 {
     domelem *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMElement( iface );
-    VARIANT type;
+    XDR_DT dt;
     HRESULT hr;
 
     TRACE("(%p)->(%s)\n", This, debugstr_variant(&value));
 
+    dt = element_get_dt(get_element(This));
     /* for untyped node coerce to BSTR and set */
-    if (IXMLDOMElement_get_dataType(iface, &type) == S_FALSE)
+    if (dt == DT_INVALID)
     {
         if (V_VT(&value) != VT_BSTR)
         {
-            hr = VariantChangeType(&value, &value, 0, VT_BSTR);
+            VARIANT content;
+            VariantInit(&content);
+            hr = VariantChangeType(&content, &value, 0, VT_BSTR);
             if (hr == S_OK)
             {
-                hr = node_set_content(&This->node, V_BSTR(&value));
-                VariantClear(&value);
+                hr = node_set_content(&This->node, V_BSTR(&content));
+                VariantClear(&content);
             }
         }
         else
@@ -783,8 +786,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI domelem_put_nodeTypedValue(
     }
     else
     {
-        FIXME("not implemented for typed nodes. type %s\n", debugstr_w(V_BSTR(&value)));
-        VariantClear(&type);
+        FIXME("not implemented for dt:%s\n", dt_to_str(dt));
         return E_NOTIMPL;
     }
 
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/httprequest.c b/dlls/msxml3/httprequest.c
index d49840f182d..4435951e345 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/httprequest.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/httprequest.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI httprequest_open(IXMLHTTPRequest *iface, BSTR method, BSTR
 {
     httprequest *This = impl_from_IXMLHTTPRequest( iface );
     HRESULT hr;
-    VARIANT str;
+    VARIANT str, is_async;
 
     TRACE("(%p)->(%s %s %s)\n", This, debugstr_w(method), debugstr_w(url),
         debugstr_variant(&async));
@@ -700,8 +700,9 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI httprequest_open(IXMLHTTPRequest *iface, BSTR method, BSTR
 
     This->url = SysAllocString(url);
 
-    hr = VariantChangeType(&async, &async, 0, VT_BOOL);
-    This->async = hr == S_OK && V_BOOL(&async) == VARIANT_TRUE;
+    VariantInit(&is_async);
+    hr = VariantChangeType(&is_async, &async, 0, VT_BOOL);
+    This->async = hr == S_OK && V_BOOL(&is_async) == VARIANT_TRUE;
 
     VariantInit(&str);
     hr = VariantChangeType(&str, &user, 0, VT_BSTR);