diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp
index 590cbb15e9a..6b6db3c3de9 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp
@@ -2906,7 +2906,7 @@ HRESULT CDefView::drag_notify_subitem(DWORD grfKeyState, POINTL pt, DWORD *pdwEf
     {
         /* We are not above one of the listview's subitems. Bind to the parent folder's
          * DropTarget interface. */
-        hr = m_pSFParent->QueryInterface(IID_PPV_ARG(IDropTarget,&m_pCurDropTarget));
+        hr = m_pSFParent->CreateViewObject(NULL, IID_PPV_ARG(IDropTarget,&m_pCurDropTarget));
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefaultContextMenu.cpp b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefaultContextMenu.cpp
index 56a1008c88f..d2d9db2f2b4 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefaultContextMenu.cpp
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefaultContextMenu.cpp
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ CDefaultContextMenu::DoPaste(
     }
 
     CComPtr<IDropTarget> pdrop;
-    hr = psfTarget->QueryInterface(IID_PPV_ARG(IDropTarget, &pdrop));
+    hr = psfTarget->CreateViewObject(NULL, IID_PPV_ARG(IDropTarget, &pdrop));
     if (FAILED(hr))
     {
         ERR("Error getting IDropTarget interface\n");
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ CDefaultContextMenu::DoCreateLink(
         return hr;
     }
 
-    hr = psfTarget->QueryInterface(IID_PPV_ARG(IDropTarget, &pDT));
+    hr = psfTarget->CreateViewObject(NULL, IID_PPV_ARG(IDropTarget, &pDT));
     if (FAILED(hr))
     {
         ERR("no IDropTarget Interface\n");