diff --git a/dlls/dnsapi/name.c b/dlls/dnsapi/name.c
index 32620506fa2..c14c8a0e495 100644
--- a/dlls/dnsapi/name.c
+++ b/dlls/dnsapi/name.c
@@ -193,8 +193,6 @@ DNS_STATUS WINAPI DnsValidateName_W( PCWSTR name, DNS_NAME_FORMAT format )
     {
     case DnsNameDomain:
     {
-        if (!(state & HAS_NON_NUMERIC) && (state & HAS_NUMERIC))
-            return DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME;
         if ((state & HAS_EXTENDED) || (state & HAS_UNDERSCORE))
             return DNS_ERROR_NON_RFC_NAME;
         if ((state & HAS_SPACE) ||
@@ -214,8 +212,6 @@ DNS_STATUS WINAPI DnsValidateName_W( PCWSTR name, DNS_NAME_FORMAT format )
     }
     case DnsNameHostnameFull:
     {
-        if (!(state & HAS_NON_NUMERIC) && (state & HAS_NUMERIC))
-            return DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME;
         if ((state & HAS_EXTENDED) || (state & HAS_UNDERSCORE))
             return DNS_ERROR_NON_RFC_NAME;
         if ((state & HAS_SPACE) ||
@@ -226,8 +222,6 @@ DNS_STATUS WINAPI DnsValidateName_W( PCWSTR name, DNS_NAME_FORMAT format )
     case DnsNameHostnameLabel:
     {
         if (state & HAS_DOT) return ERROR_INVALID_NAME;
-        if (!(state & HAS_NON_NUMERIC) && (state & HAS_NUMERIC))
-            return DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME;
         if ((state & HAS_EXTENDED) || (state & HAS_UNDERSCORE))
             return DNS_ERROR_NON_RFC_NAME;
         if ((state & HAS_SPACE) ||
diff --git a/dlls/dnsapi/tests/name.c b/dlls/dnsapi/tests/name.c
index d472687b9d3..2872c35f1dd 100644
--- a/dlls/dnsapi/tests/name.c
+++ b/dlls/dnsapi/tests/name.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static const struct
     LPCSTR name;
     DNS_NAME_FORMAT format;
     DNS_STATUS status;
+    DNS_STATUS status_broken;
 }
 test_data[] =
 {
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ test_data[] =
     { "a.*", DnsNameDomain, DNS_ERROR_INVALID_NAME_CHAR },
     { "a ", DnsNameDomain, DNS_ERROR_INVALID_NAME_CHAR },
     { "a._b", DnsNameDomain, DNS_ERROR_NON_RFC_NAME },
-    { "123", DnsNameDomain, DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME },
-    { "123.456", DnsNameDomain, DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME },
+    { "123", DnsNameDomain, ERROR_SUCCESS, DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME },
+    { "123.456", DnsNameDomain, ERROR_SUCCESS, DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME },
     { "a.b", DnsNameDomain, ERROR_SUCCESS },
 
     { "", DnsNameDomainLabel, ERROR_INVALID_NAME },
@@ -79,8 +80,8 @@ test_data[] =
     { "e.*", DnsNameHostnameFull, DNS_ERROR_INVALID_NAME_CHAR },
     { "e ", DnsNameHostnameFull, DNS_ERROR_INVALID_NAME_CHAR },
     { "e._f", DnsNameHostnameFull, DNS_ERROR_NON_RFC_NAME },
-    { "789", DnsNameHostnameFull, DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME },
-    { "789.456", DnsNameHostnameFull, DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME },
+    { "789", DnsNameHostnameFull, ERROR_SUCCESS, DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME },
+    { "789.456", DnsNameHostnameFull, ERROR_SUCCESS, DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME },
     { "e.f", DnsNameHostnameFull, ERROR_SUCCESS },
 
     { "", DnsNameHostnameLabel, ERROR_INVALID_NAME },
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ test_data[] =
     { "*", DnsNameHostnameLabel, DNS_ERROR_INVALID_NAME_CHAR },
     { "g ", DnsNameHostnameLabel, DNS_ERROR_INVALID_NAME_CHAR },
     { "_g", DnsNameHostnameLabel, DNS_ERROR_NON_RFC_NAME },
-    { "123", DnsNameHostnameLabel, DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME },
+    { "123", DnsNameHostnameLabel, ERROR_SUCCESS, DNS_ERROR_NUMERIC_NAME },
     { "123.456", DnsNameHostnameLabel, ERROR_INVALID_NAME },
     { "g.h", DnsNameHostnameLabel, ERROR_INVALID_NAME },
 
@@ -146,8 +147,8 @@ static void test_DnsValidateName_A( void )
     for (i = 0; i < sizeof(test_data) / sizeof(test_data[0]); i++)
     {
         status = DnsValidateName_A( test_data[i].name, test_data[i].format );
-        ok( status == test_data[i].status, "%d: \'%s\': got %d, expected %d\n",
-            i, test_data[i].name, status, test_data[i].status );
+        ok( status == test_data[i].status || broken(status == test_data[i].status_broken),
+            "%d: \'%s\': got %d, expected %d\n", i, test_data[i].name, status, test_data[i].status );
     }
 }