diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/resntfy.c b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/resntfy.c
index fec93d43be4..2f2e0fde090 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/resntfy.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/resntfy.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ CreateMemoryResourceNotification(IN MEMORY_RESOURCE_NOTIFICATION_TYPE Notificati
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                &EventName,
                                0,
-                               BaseGetNamedObjectDirectory(),
+                               NULL,
                                NULL);
 
     Status = NtOpenEvent(&hEvent,