diff --git a/dlls/explorerframe/nstc.c b/dlls/explorerframe/nstc.c
index d5e78e7ebbf..a881cc46841 100644
--- a/dlls/explorerframe/nstc.c
+++ b/dlls/explorerframe/nstc.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI NSTC2_fnGetSelectedItems(INameSpaceTreeControl2* iface,
 
     psiselected = get_selected_shellitem(This);
     if(!psiselected)
+    {
+        *psiaItems = NULL;
         return E_FAIL;
+    }
 
     hr = SHCreateShellItemArrayFromShellItem(psiselected, &IID_IShellItemArray,
                                              (void**)psiaItems);
diff --git a/dlls/explorerframe/tests/nstc.c b/dlls/explorerframe/tests/nstc.c
index 62870782c90..ab6a0ce22e1 100644
--- a/dlls/explorerframe/tests/nstc.c
+++ b/dlls/explorerframe/tests/nstc.c
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ static void test_basics(void)
     psia = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
     hr = INameSpaceTreeControl_GetSelectedItems(pnstc, &psia);
     ok(hr == E_FAIL, "Got 0x%08x\n", hr);
-    ok(psia == (void*)0xdeadbeef, "Got %p\n", psia);
+    ok(!psia || broken(psia == (void*)0xdeadbeef /* before Win8 */), "Got %p\n", psia);
 
     hr = INameSpaceTreeControl_AppendRoot(pnstc, psitestdir2, SHCONTF_FOLDERS, 0, NULL);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "Got (0x%08x)\n", hr);