diff --git a/dll/win32/shlwapi/ordinal.c b/dll/win32/shlwapi/ordinal.c
index 216e7e56a62..db932c7932e 100644
--- a/dll/win32/shlwapi/ordinal.c
+++ b/dll/win32/shlwapi/ordinal.c
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ SHLockSharedEx(HANDLE hShared, DWORD dwProcId, BOOL bWriteAccess)
 
   /* Get handle to shared memory for current process */
   hDup = SHMapHandle(hShared, dwProcId, GetCurrentProcessId(), FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0);
+  if (hDup == NULL)
+    return NULL;
 
   /* Get View */
   dwAccess = (FILE_MAP_READ | (bWriteAccess ? FILE_MAP_WRITE : 0));
@@ -259,8 +261,6 @@ PVOID WINAPI SHLockShared(HANDLE hShared, DWORD dwProcId)
 
   /* Get handle to shared memory for current process */
   hDup = SHMapHandle(hShared, dwProcId, GetCurrentProcessId(), FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0);
-  if (hDup == NULL)
-    return NULL;
 
   /* Get View */
   pMapped = MapViewOfFile(hDup, FILE_MAP_READ | FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, 0);