diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
index 6f4f7f2473a..cbc7c6bdf59 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
@@ -1721,6 +1721,7 @@ static void test_XPath(void)
 
     ole_expect(IXMLDOMDocument_selectNodes(doc, _bstr_("root//foo:c"), &list), E_FAIL);
 
+    VariantClear(&var);
     todo_wine ole_check(IXMLDOMDocument2_getProperty(doc, _bstr_("SelectionNamespaces"), &var));
     todo_wine expect_eq(V_VT(&var), VT_BSTR, int, "%x");
     if (V_VT(&var) == VT_BSTR)