diff --git a/dlls/comdlg32/filedlg.c b/dlls/comdlg32/filedlg.c
index 6b79fcfc838..538358bd5f9 100644
--- a/dlls/comdlg32/filedlg.c
+++ b/dlls/comdlg32/filedlg.c
@@ -250,11 +250,10 @@ static BOOL get_config_key_string(HKEY hkey, const WCHAR *name, WCHAR **value)
     DWORD type, size;
     WCHAR *str;
 
-    if (hkey && !RegQueryValueExW(hkey, name, 0, &type, NULL, &size))
-    {
-        if (type != REG_SZ && type != REG_EXPAND_SZ)
-            return FALSE;
-    }
+    if (RegQueryValueExW(hkey, name, 0, &type, NULL, &size))
+        return FALSE;
+    if (type != REG_SZ && type != REG_EXPAND_SZ)
+        return FALSE;
 
     str = heap_alloc(size);
     if (RegQueryValueExW(hkey, name, 0, &type, (BYTE *)str, &size))