diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/user32/misc/dde.c b/reactos/dll/win32/user32/misc/dde.c
index c9cfcefe150..30498d13c11 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/user32/misc/dde.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/user32/misc/dde.c
@@ -1456,6 +1456,11 @@ BOOL WINAPI DdeUnaccessData(HDDEDATA hData)
 BOOL WINAPI DdeFreeDataHandle(HDDEDATA hData)
 {
     TRACE("(%p)\n", hData);
+
+    /* 1 is the handle value returned by an asynchronous operation. */
+    if (hData == (HDDEDATA)1)
+       return TRUE;
+
     return GlobalFree(hData) == 0;
 }