diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/time.c b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/time.c
index 44516d4b6ee..1302d3ca068 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/time.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/time.c
@@ -379,12 +379,16 @@ SetLocalTime(IN CONST SYSTEMTIME *lpSystemTime)
     NewSystemTime.QuadPart += TimeZoneBias.QuadPart;
 
     Status = RtlAcquirePrivilege(&Privilege, 1, 0, &State);
-    Status = STATUS_SUCCESS;
     if (NT_SUCCESS(Status))
     {
         Status = NtSetSystemTime(&NewSystemTime, NULL);
         RtlReleasePrivilege(State);
     }
+    else
+    {
+        DPRINT1("Workaround RtlAcquirePrivilege failure!\n");
+        Status = NtSetSystemTime(&NewSystemTime, NULL);
+    }
 
     if (!NT_SUCCESS(Status))
     {