diff --git a/reactos/dll/ntdll/ldr/startup.c b/reactos/dll/ntdll/ldr/startup.c
index 49a4a2c8527..4af6ebd7eb3 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/ntdll/ldr/startup.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/ntdll/ldr/startup.c
@@ -71,10 +71,8 @@ LoadImageFileExecutionOptions(PPEB Peb)
 {
     NTSTATUS Status = STATUS_SUCCESS;
     ULONG Value = 0;
-    UNICODE_STRING ValueString;
     UNICODE_STRING ImageName;
     UNICODE_STRING ImagePathName;
-    WCHAR ValueBuffer[64];
     ULONG ValueSize;
 
     if (Peb->ProcessParameters &&
@@ -106,21 +104,14 @@ LoadImageFileExecutionOptions(PPEB Peb)
         /* global flag */
         Status = LdrQueryImageFileExecutionOptions(&ImageName,
                                                    L"GlobalFlag",
-                                                   REG_SZ,
-                                                   (PVOID)ValueBuffer,
-                                                   sizeof(ValueBuffer),
+                                                   REG_DWORD,
+                                                   (PVOID)&Value,
+                                                   sizeof(Value),
                                                    &ValueSize);
         if (NT_SUCCESS(Status))
         {
-            ValueString.Buffer = ValueBuffer;
-            ValueString.Length = ValueSize - sizeof(WCHAR);
-            ValueString.MaximumLength = sizeof(ValueBuffer);
-            Status = RtlUnicodeStringToInteger(&ValueString, 16, &Value);
-            if (NT_SUCCESS(Status))
-            {
-                Peb->NtGlobalFlag |= Value;
-                DPRINT("GlobalFlag: Key='%S', Value=0x%lx\n", ValueBuffer, Value);
-            }
+            Peb->NtGlobalFlag = Value;
+            DPRINT("GlobalFlag: Value=0x%lx\n", Value);
         }
         /*
          *  FIXME: