diff --git a/rostests/winetests/msxml3/domdoc.c b/rostests/winetests/msxml3/domdoc.c
index 3d2944a10f2..584eab33e22 100644
--- a/rostests/winetests/msxml3/domdoc.c
+++ b/rostests/winetests/msxml3/domdoc.c
@@ -455,6 +455,10 @@ static void test_domdoc( void )
     ok( b == VARIANT_FALSE, "failed to load XML string\n");
     SysFreeString( str );
 
+    r = IXMLDOMDocument_get_async( doc, &b );
+    ok( r == S_OK, "get_async failed (%08x)\n", r);
+    ok( b == VARIANT_TRUE, "Wrong default value\n");
+
     /* check that there's no document element */
     element = NULL;
     r = IXMLDOMDocument_get_documentElement( doc, &element );
diff --git a/rostests/winetests/msxml3/saxreader.c b/rostests/winetests/msxml3/saxreader.c
index 54ffe93c2ca..426fe36f922 100644
--- a/rostests/winetests/msxml3/saxreader.c
+++ b/rostests/winetests/msxml3/saxreader.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static void test_saxreader(void)
     CreateStreamOnHGlobal(NULL, TRUE, &iStream);
     liSize.QuadPart = strlen(szTestXML);
     IStream_SetSize(iStream, liSize);
-    IStream_Write(iStream, (void const*)szTestXML, strlen(szTestXML), &bytesWritten);
+    IStream_Write(iStream, szTestXML, strlen(szTestXML), &bytesWritten);
     liPos.QuadPart = 0;
     IStream_Seek(iStream, liPos, STREAM_SEEK_SET, NULL);
     V_VT(&var) = VT_UNKNOWN|VT_DISPATCH;