diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/symlink.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/symlink.c
index e615385a92a..7ff6533ca8b 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/symlink.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/symlink.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ IoCreateSymbolicLink(IN PUNICODE_STRING SymbolicLinkName,
     /* Initialize the object attributes and create the link */
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                SymbolicLinkName,
-                               OBJ_PERMANENT | OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
+                               OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE | OBJ_PERMANENT | OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
                                NULL,
                                SePublicDefaultSd);
     Status = ZwCreateSymbolicLinkObject(&Handle,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ IoCreateUnprotectedSymbolicLink(IN PUNICODE_STRING SymbolicLinkName,
     /* Initialize the object attributes and create the link */
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                SymbolicLinkName,
-                               OBJ_PERMANENT | OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
+                               OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE | OBJ_PERMANENT | OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
                                NULL,
                                &SecurityDescriptor);
     Status = ZwCreateSymbolicLinkObject(&Handle,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ IoDeleteSymbolicLink(IN PUNICODE_STRING SymbolicLinkName)
     /* Initialize the object attributes and open the link */
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                SymbolicLinkName,
-                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
+                               OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE | OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
                                NULL,
                                NULL);
     Status = ZwOpenSymbolicLinkObject(&Handle, DELETE, &ObjectAttributes);