diff --git a/dlls/mlang/mlang.c b/dlls/mlang/mlang.c
index b5b8e0d235d..7a77df5f8ca 100644
--- a/dlls/mlang/mlang.c
+++ b/dlls/mlang/mlang.c
@@ -634,10 +634,9 @@ HRESULT WINAPI ConvertINetString(
 
         pDstStrW = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, cDstSizeW * sizeof(WCHAR));
         hr = ConvertINetMultiByteToUnicode(pdwMode, dwSrcEncoding, pSrcStr, pcSrcSize, pDstStrW, &cDstSizeW);
-        if (hr != S_OK)
-            return hr;
+        if (hr == S_OK)
+            hr = ConvertINetUnicodeToMultiByte(pdwMode, dwDstEncoding, pDstStrW, &cDstSizeW, pDstStr, pcDstSize);
 
-        hr = ConvertINetUnicodeToMultiByte(pdwMode, dwDstEncoding, pDstStrW, &cDstSizeW, pDstStr, pcDstSize);
         HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, pDstStrW);
         return hr;
     }