diff --git a/dlls/shell32/tests/shelllink.c b/dlls/shell32/tests/shelllink.c
index dc139e4e991..57e1d7c3262 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/tests/shelllink.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/tests/shelllink.c
@@ -624,15 +624,21 @@ static void test_datalink(void)
 
     r = CoCreateInstance( &CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                             &IID_IShellLinkW, (LPVOID*)&sl );
-    ok( r == S_OK, "no shelllink\n");
+    ok( r == S_OK || r == E_NOINTERFACE, "CoCreateInstance failed (0x%08x)\n", r);
     if (!sl)
+    {
+        skip("no shelllink\n");
         return;
+    }
 
     r = IShellLinkW_QueryInterface( sl, &_IID_IShellLinkDataList, (LPVOID*) &dl );
-    ok(r == S_OK, "no datalink interface\n");
+    ok(r == S_OK, "IShellLinkW_QueryInterface failed (0x%08x)\n", r);
 
     if (!dl)
+    {
+        skip("no datalink interface\n");
         return;
+    }
 
     flags = 0;
     r = dl->lpVtbl->GetFlags( dl, &flags );