diff --git a/dlls/msi/action.c b/dlls/msi/action.c
index 881c4a2f2c2..6bff87abd7d 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/action.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/action.c
@@ -3387,16 +3387,12 @@ static UINT ACTION_CreateShortcuts(MSIPACKAGE *package)
         return ERROR_SUCCESS;
 
     res = CoInitialize( NULL );
-    if (FAILED (res))
-    {
-        ERR("CoInitialize failed\n");
-        return ERROR_FUNCTION_FAILED;
-    }
 
     rc = MSI_IterateRecords(view, NULL, ITERATE_CreateShortcuts, package);
     msiobj_release(&view->hdr);
 
-    CoUninitialize();
+    if (SUCCEEDED(res))
+        CoUninitialize();
 
     return rc;
 }
diff --git a/dlls/msi/tests/install.c b/dlls/msi/tests/install.c
index 9d1237ad1fb..b78e3dc4b97 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/tests/install.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/tests/install.c
@@ -6212,7 +6212,7 @@ static void test_shortcut(void)
     ok(SUCCEEDED(hr), "CoInitialize failed 0x%08x\n", hr);
 
     r = MsiInstallProductA(msifile, NULL);
-    todo_wine ok(r == ERROR_SUCCESS, "Expected ERROR_SUCCESS, got %u\n", r);
+    ok(r == ERROR_SUCCESS, "Expected ERROR_SUCCESS, got %u\n", r);
 
     CoUninitialize();