diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/node.c b/dlls/msxml3/node.c
index 8f3ebc62934..d46678081b2 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/node.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/node.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,8 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI xmlnode_selectNodes(
 
     TRACE("(%p)->(%s %p)\n", This, debugstr_w(queryString), resultList );
 
+    if (!queryString || !resultList) return E_INVALIDARG;
+
     return queryresult_create( This->node, queryString, resultList );
 }
 
@@ -1377,7 +1379,6 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI xmlnode_selectSingleNode(
 
     TRACE("(%p)->(%s %p)\n", This, debugstr_w(queryString), resultNode );
 
-    *resultNode = NULL;
     r = IXMLDOMNode_selectNodes(This->iface, queryString, &list);
     if(r == S_OK)
     {
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
index f68c9722ade..fc09f15676f 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
@@ -6218,6 +6218,74 @@ static void test_get_prefix(void)
     free_bstrs();
 }
 
+static void test_selectSingleNode(void)
+{
+    IXMLDOMDocument *doc;
+    IXMLDOMNodeList *list;
+    IXMLDOMNode *node;
+    VARIANT_BOOL b;
+    HRESULT hr;
+    LONG len;
+    BSTR str;
+
+    doc = create_document(&IID_IXMLDOMDocument);
+    if (!doc) return;
+
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectSingleNode(doc, NULL, NULL);
+    ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectNodes(doc, NULL, NULL);
+    ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+
+    str = SysAllocString( szComplete4 );
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_loadXML( doc, str, &b );
+    ok( hr == S_OK, "loadXML failed\n");
+    ok( b == VARIANT_TRUE, "failed to load XML string\n");
+    SysFreeString( str );
+
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectSingleNode(doc, NULL, NULL);
+    ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectNodes(doc, NULL, NULL);
+    ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectSingleNode(doc, _bstr_("lc"), NULL);
+    ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectNodes(doc, _bstr_("lc"), NULL);
+    ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectSingleNode(doc, _bstr_("lc"), &node);
+    ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+    IXMLDOMNode_Release(node);
+
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectNodes(doc, _bstr_("lc"), &list);
+    ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+    IXMLDOMNodeList_Release(list);
+
+    list = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectNodes(doc, NULL, &list);
+    ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+    ok(list == (void*)0xdeadbeef, "got %p\n", list);
+
+    node = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectSingleNode(doc, _bstr_("nonexistent"), &node);
+    ok(hr == S_FALSE, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+    ok(node == 0, "got %p\n", node);
+
+    list = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
+    hr = IXMLDOMDocument_selectNodes(doc, _bstr_("nonexistent"), &list);
+    ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+    len = 1;
+    hr = IXMLDOMNodeList_get_length(list, &len);
+    ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+    ok(len == 0, "got %d\n", len);
+    IXMLDOMNodeList_Release(list);
+
+    IXMLDOMDocument_Release(doc);
+    free_bstrs();
+}
+
 START_TEST(domdoc)
 {
     IXMLDOMDocument *doc;
@@ -6276,6 +6344,7 @@ START_TEST(domdoc)
     test_createNode();
     test_get_prefix();
     test_default_properties();
+    test_selectSingleNode();
 
     CoUninitialize();
 }