diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/wine/shellord.c b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/wine/shellord.c
index 099c722a713..f9e25f76ac2 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/wine/shellord.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/wine/shellord.c
@@ -800,7 +800,11 @@ void WINAPI SHAddToRecentDocs (UINT uFlags,LPCVOID pv)
     switch (uFlags)
     {
     case SHARD_PIDL:
-        SHGetPathFromIDListA(pv, doc_name);
+        if (!SHGetPathFromIDListA(pv, doc_name))
+        {
+            WARN("can't get path from PIDL\n");
+            return;
+        }
         break;
 
     case SHARD_PATHA: