diff --git a/dlls/strmbase/qualitycontrol.c b/dlls/strmbase/qualitycontrol.c
index b73f912d1e3..f6c9ea716d2 100644
--- a/dlls/strmbase/qualitycontrol.c
+++ b/dlls/strmbase/qualitycontrol.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(strmbase_qc);
 HRESULT QualityControlImpl_Create(IPin *input, IBaseFilter *self, QualityControlImpl **ppv) {
     QualityControlImpl *This;
     *ppv = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(),0,sizeof(QualityControlImpl));
-    if (!ppv)
+    if (!*ppv)
         return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
     This = *ppv;
     This->input = input;