diff --git a/dlls/winex11.drv/mouse.c b/dlls/winex11.drv/mouse.c
index 6c3d7e09002..1f8bd54cf14 100644
--- a/dlls/winex11.drv/mouse.c
+++ b/dlls/winex11.drv/mouse.c
@@ -1060,9 +1060,8 @@ static Cursor create_xcursor_system_cursor( const ICONINFOEXW *info )
     HMODULE module;
     HKEY key;
     const char * const *names = NULL;
-    WCHAR *p, name[MAX_PATH * 2], valueW[64];
+    WCHAR *p, name[MAX_PATH * 2];
     char valueA[64];
-    DWORD ret;
 
     if (!info->szModName[0]) return 0;
 
@@ -1075,13 +1074,15 @@ static Cursor create_xcursor_system_cursor( const ICONINFOEXW *info )
     valueA[0] = 0;
 
     /* @@ Wine registry key: HKCU\Software\Wine\X11 Driver\Cursors */
-    if (!RegOpenKeyA( HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver\\Cursors", &key ))
+    if ((key = open_hkcu_key( "Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver\\Cursors" )))
     {
-        DWORD size = sizeof(valueW);
-        ret = RegQueryValueExW( key, name, NULL, NULL, (BYTE *)valueW, &size );
-        RegCloseKey( key );
-        if (!ret)
+        char buffer[4096];
+        KEY_VALUE_PARTIAL_INFORMATION *value = (void *)buffer;
+        DWORD size = query_reg_value( key, NULL, value, sizeof(buffer) );
+        NtClose( key );
+        if (size && value->Type == REG_SZ)
         {
+            const WCHAR *valueW = (const WCHAR *)value->Data;
             if (!valueW[0]) return 0; /* force standard cursor */
             if (!WideCharToMultiByte( CP_UNIXCP, 0, valueW, -1, valueA, sizeof(valueA), NULL, NULL ))
                 valueA[0] = 0;
diff --git a/dlls/winex11.drv/x11drv.h b/dlls/winex11.drv/x11drv.h
index 252505f80e6..1168e0ea7a6 100644
--- a/dlls/winex11.drv/x11drv.h
+++ b/dlls/winex11.drv/x11drv.h
@@ -841,6 +841,12 @@ static inline BOOL is_window_rect_mapped( const RECT *rect )
             max( rect->bottom, rect->top + 1 ) > virtual_rect.top);
 }
 
+/* registry helpers */
+
+extern HKEY open_hkcu_key( const char *name ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+extern ULONG query_reg_value( HKEY hkey, const WCHAR *name,
+                              KEY_VALUE_PARTIAL_INFORMATION *info, ULONG size ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+
 /* string helpers */
 
 static inline void ascii_to_unicode( WCHAR *dst, const char *src, size_t len )
diff --git a/dlls/winex11.drv/x11drv_main.c b/dlls/winex11.drv/x11drv_main.c
index df3c672708e..b6fa5cedc61 100644
--- a/dlls/winex11.drv/x11drv_main.c
+++ b/dlls/winex11.drv/x11drv_main.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static HKEY reg_open_key( HKEY root, const WCHAR *name, ULONG name_len )
 }
 
 
-static HKEY open_hkcu_key( const char *name )
+HKEY open_hkcu_key( const char *name )
 {
     WCHAR bufferW[256];
     static HKEY hkcu;
@@ -385,8 +385,7 @@ static HKEY open_hkcu_key( const char *name )
 }
 
 
-static ULONG query_reg_value( HKEY hkey, const WCHAR *name,
-                              KEY_VALUE_PARTIAL_INFORMATION *info, ULONG size )
+ULONG query_reg_value( HKEY hkey, const WCHAR *name, KEY_VALUE_PARTIAL_INFORMATION *info, ULONG size )
 {
     unsigned int name_size = name ? lstrlenW( name ) * sizeof(WCHAR) : 0;
     UNICODE_STRING nameW = { name_size, name_size, (WCHAR *)name };