diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/reg.c b/dlls/ntdll/reg.c
index ed9d15523d1..c0e213ab929 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/reg.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/reg.c
@@ -660,6 +660,8 @@ NTSTATUS WINAPI NtLoadKey( const OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES *attr, OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES *fil
     NTSTATUS ret;
     HANDLE hive;
     IO_STATUS_BLOCK io;
+    data_size_t len;
+    struct object_attributes *objattr;
 
     TRACE("(%p,%p)\n", attr, file);
 
@@ -667,17 +669,18 @@ NTSTATUS WINAPI NtLoadKey( const OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES *attr, OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES *fil
                        FILE_OPEN, 0, NULL, 0);
     if (ret) return ret;
 
+    if ((ret = alloc_object_attributes( attr, &objattr, &len ))) return ret;
+
     SERVER_START_REQ( load_registry )
     {
-        req->hkey = wine_server_obj_handle( attr->RootDirectory );
         req->file = wine_server_obj_handle( hive );
-        wine_server_add_data(req, attr->ObjectName->Buffer, attr->ObjectName->Length);
+        wine_server_add_data( req, objattr, len );
         ret = wine_server_call( req );
     }
     SERVER_END_REQ;
 
     NtClose(hive);
-   
+    RtlFreeHeap( GetProcessHeap(), 0, objattr );
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/wine/server_protocol.h b/include/wine/server_protocol.h
index caa2dc9fafd..753f8e35b12 100644
--- a/include/wine/server_protocol.h
+++ b/include/wine/server_protocol.h
@@ -2541,10 +2541,8 @@ struct delete_key_value_reply
 struct load_registry_request
 {
     struct request_header __header;
-    obj_handle_t hkey;
     obj_handle_t file;
-    /* VARARG(name,unicode_str); */
-    char __pad_20[4];
+    /* VARARG(objattr,object_attributes); */
 };
 struct load_registry_reply
 {
@@ -6157,6 +6155,6 @@ union generic_reply
     struct terminate_job_reply terminate_job_reply;
 };
 
-#define SERVER_PROTOCOL_VERSION 498
+#define SERVER_PROTOCOL_VERSION 499
 
 #endif /* __WINE_WINE_SERVER_PROTOCOL_H */
diff --git a/server/protocol.def b/server/protocol.def
index a391c88d1d7..08c5bc16df0 100644
--- a/server/protocol.def
+++ b/server/protocol.def
@@ -1916,9 +1916,8 @@ enum char_info_mode
 
 /* Load a registry branch from a file */
 @REQ(load_registry)
-    obj_handle_t hkey;         /* root key to load to */
     obj_handle_t file;         /* file to load from */
-    VARARG(name,unicode_str);  /* subkey name */
+    VARARG(objattr,object_attributes); /* object attributes */
 @END
 
 
diff --git a/server/registry.c b/server/registry.c
index adf2892f4a7..e1d66d31bb7 100644
--- a/server/registry.c
+++ b/server/registry.c
@@ -2184,6 +2184,8 @@ DECL_HANDLER(load_registry)
 {
     struct key *key, *parent;
     struct unicode_str name;
+    const struct security_descriptor *sd;
+    const struct object_attributes *objattr = get_req_object_attributes( &sd, &name );
 
     if (!thread_single_check_privilege( current, &SeRestorePrivilege ))
     {
@@ -2191,11 +2193,17 @@ DECL_HANDLER(load_registry)
         return;
     }
 
-    if ((parent = get_parent_hkey_obj( req->hkey )))
+    if (!objattr->rootdir && name.len >= sizeof(root_name) &&
+        !memicmpW( name.str, root_name, sizeof(root_name)/sizeof(WCHAR) ))
+    {
+        name.str += sizeof(root_name)/sizeof(WCHAR);
+        name.len -= sizeof(root_name);
+    }
+
+    if ((parent = get_parent_hkey_obj( objattr->rootdir )))
     {
         int dummy;
-        get_req_path( &name, !req->hkey );
-        if ((key = create_key( parent, &name, NULL, 0, KEY_WOW64_64KEY, 0, NULL, &dummy )))
+        if ((key = create_key( parent, &name, NULL, 0, KEY_WOW64_64KEY, 0, sd, &dummy )))
         {
             load_registry( key, req->file );
             release_object( key );
diff --git a/server/request.h b/server/request.h
index 87cae7350c0..d21a539ec62 100644
--- a/server/request.h
+++ b/server/request.h
@@ -1336,9 +1336,8 @@ C_ASSERT( FIELD_OFFSET(struct enum_key_value_reply, namelen) == 16 );
 C_ASSERT( sizeof(struct enum_key_value_reply) == 24 );
 C_ASSERT( FIELD_OFFSET(struct delete_key_value_request, hkey) == 12 );
 C_ASSERT( sizeof(struct delete_key_value_request) == 16 );
-C_ASSERT( FIELD_OFFSET(struct load_registry_request, hkey) == 12 );
-C_ASSERT( FIELD_OFFSET(struct load_registry_request, file) == 16 );
-C_ASSERT( sizeof(struct load_registry_request) == 24 );
+C_ASSERT( FIELD_OFFSET(struct load_registry_request, file) == 12 );
+C_ASSERT( sizeof(struct load_registry_request) == 16 );
 C_ASSERT( FIELD_OFFSET(struct unload_registry_request, hkey) == 12 );
 C_ASSERT( sizeof(struct unload_registry_request) == 16 );
 C_ASSERT( FIELD_OFFSET(struct save_registry_request, hkey) == 12 );
diff --git a/server/trace.c b/server/trace.c
index 89ecdfb5ba9..84ed113dcd2 100644
--- a/server/trace.c
+++ b/server/trace.c
@@ -2411,9 +2411,8 @@ static void dump_delete_key_value_request( const struct delete_key_value_request
 
 static void dump_load_registry_request( const struct load_registry_request *req )
 {
-    fprintf( stderr, " hkey=%04x", req->hkey );
-    fprintf( stderr, ", file=%04x", req->file );
-    dump_varargs_unicode_str( ", name=", cur_size );
+    fprintf( stderr, " file=%04x", req->file );
+    dump_varargs_object_attributes( ", objattr=", cur_size );
 }
 
 static void dump_unload_registry_request( const struct unload_registry_request *req )