diff --git a/reactos/base/services/eventlog/rpc.c b/reactos/base/services/eventlog/rpc.c
index 3ff20105e7b..9ca78f82c9d 100644
--- a/reactos/base/services/eventlog/rpc.c
+++ b/reactos/base/services/eventlog/rpc.c
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ NTSTATUS ElfrOpenELW(
     IELF_HANDLE *LogHandle)
 {
     UNIMPLEMENTED;
-    return STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+    *LogHandle = 1;
+    return STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }