diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlelemcol.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlelemcol.c
index 049da58a9bb..43628907943 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlelemcol.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlelemcol.c
@@ -236,39 +236,43 @@ static BOOL is_elem_name(HTMLElement *elem, LPCWSTR name)
     return ret;
 }
 
+static HRESULT get_item_idx(HTMLElementCollection *This, UINT idx, IDispatch **ret)
+{
+    if(idx < This->len) {
+        *ret = (IDispatch*)This->elems[idx];
+        IDispatch_AddRef(*ret);
+    }
+
+    return S_OK;
+}
+
 static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLElementCollection_item(IHTMLElementCollection *iface,
         VARIANT name, VARIANT index, IDispatch **pdisp)
 {
     HTMLElementCollection *This = ELEMCOL_THIS(iface);
+    HRESULT hres = S_OK;
 
-    TRACE("(%p)->(v(%d) v(%d) %p)\n", This, V_VT(&name), V_VT(&index), pdisp);
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%s %s %p)\n", This, debugstr_variant(&name), debugstr_variant(&index), pdisp);
 
     *pdisp = NULL;
 
-    if(V_VT(&name) == VT_I4) {
-        TRACE("name is VT_I4: %d\n", V_I4(&name));
-
+    switch(V_VT(&name)) {
+    case VT_I4:
         if(V_I4(&name) < 0)
             return E_INVALIDARG;
-        if(V_I4(&name) >= This->len)
-            return S_OK;
+        hres = get_item_idx(This, V_I4(&name), pdisp);
+        break;
 
-        *pdisp = (IDispatch*)This->elems[V_I4(&name)];
-        IDispatch_AddRef(*pdisp);
-        TRACE("Returning pdisp=%p\n", pdisp);
-        return S_OK;
-    }
+    case VT_UINT:
+        hres = get_item_idx(This, V_UINT(&name), pdisp);
+        break;
 
-    if(V_VT(&name) == VT_BSTR) {
+    case VT_BSTR: {
         DWORD i;
 
-        TRACE("name is VT_BSTR: %s\n", debugstr_w(V_BSTR(&name)));
-
         if(V_VT(&index) == VT_I4) {
             LONG idx = V_I4(&index);
 
-            TRACE("index = %d\n", idx);
-
             if(idx < 0)
                 return E_INVALIDARG;
 
@@ -281,8 +285,6 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLElementCollection_item(IHTMLElementCollection *iface,
                 *pdisp = (IDispatch*)HTMLELEM(This->elems[i]);
                 IDispatch_AddRef(*pdisp);
             }
-
-            return S_OK;
         }else {
             elem_vector_t buf = {NULL, 0, 8};
 
@@ -304,13 +306,18 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLElementCollection_item(IHTMLElementCollection *iface,
 
                 heap_free(buf.buf);
             }
-
-            return S_OK;
         }
+        break;
     }
 
-    FIXME("unsupported arguments\n");
-    return E_INVALIDARG;
+    default:
+        FIXME("Unsupported name %s\n", debugstr_variant(&name));
+        hres = E_NOTIMPL;
+    }
+
+    if(SUCCEEDED(hres))
+        TRACE("returning %p\n", *pdisp);
+    return hres;
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLElementCollection_tags(IHTMLElementCollection *iface,
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c b/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
index cb259261fd7..a153a1456a3 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ static void _test_elem_collection(unsigned line, IUnknown *unk,
     LONG len;
     DWORD i;
     VARIANT name, index;
-    IDispatch *disp;
+    IDispatch *disp, *disp2;
     HRESULT hres;
 
     hres = IUnknown_QueryInterface(unk, &IID_IHTMLElementCollection, (void**)&col);
@@ -1041,9 +1041,9 @@ static void _test_elem_collection(unsigned line, IUnknown *unk,
         len = exlen;
 
     V_VT(&index) = VT_EMPTY;
-    V_VT(&name) = VT_I4;
 
     for(i=0; i<len; i++) {
+        V_VT(&name) = VT_I4;
         V_I4(&name) = i;
         disp = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
         hres = IHTMLElementCollection_item(col, name, index, &disp);
@@ -1053,15 +1053,29 @@ static void _test_elem_collection(unsigned line, IUnknown *unk,
             continue;
 
         _test_elem_type(line, (IUnknown*)disp, elem_types[i]);
+
+        if(!i) {
+            V_VT(&name) = VT_UINT;
+            V_I4(&name) = 0;
+            disp2 = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
+            hres = IHTMLElementCollection_item(col, name, index, &disp2);
+            ok_(__FILE__,line) (hres == S_OK, "item(%d) failed: %08x\n", i, hres);
+            ok_(__FILE__,line) (iface_cmp((IUnknown*)disp, (IUnknown*)disp2), "disp != disp2\n");
+            if(disp2)
+                IDispatch_Release(disp2);
+        }
+
         IDispatch_Release(disp);
     }
 
+    V_VT(&name) = VT_I4;
     V_I4(&name) = len;
     disp = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
     hres = IHTMLElementCollection_item(col, name, index, &disp);
     ok_(__FILE__,line) (hres == S_OK, "item failed: %08x\n", hres);
     ok_(__FILE__,line) (disp == NULL, "disp != NULL\n");
 
+    V_VT(&name) = VT_I4;
     V_I4(&name) = -1;
     disp = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
     hres = IHTMLElementCollection_item(col, name, index, &disp);