diff --git a/dlls/d3d11/device.c b/dlls/d3d11/device.c
index 0e427a3fa8d..f0bb52e7cb8 100644
--- a/dlls/d3d11/device.c
+++ b/dlls/d3d11/device.c
@@ -4610,9 +4610,14 @@ static HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE d3d10_device_CreateQuery(ID3D10Device1 *iface,
     if (FAILED(hr = d3d_query_create(device, (const D3D11_QUERY_DESC *)desc, FALSE, &object)))
         return hr;
 
-    *query = &object->ID3D10Query_iface;
+    if (query)
+    {
+        *query = &object->ID3D10Query_iface;
+        return S_OK;
+    }
 
-    return S_OK;
+    ID3D10Query_Release(&object->ID3D10Query_iface);
+    return S_FALSE;
 }
 
 static HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE d3d10_device_CreatePredicate(ID3D10Device1 *iface,