diff --git a/dll/win32/comctl32/edit.c b/dll/win32/comctl32/edit.c
index 36286b92161..9756d32f3f4 100644
--- a/dll/win32/comctl32/edit.c
+++ b/dll/win32/comctl32/edit.c
@@ -2715,6 +2715,9 @@ static void EDIT_EM_SetHandle(EDITSTATE *es, HLOCAL hloc)
     if (!hloc)
         return;
 
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+    if (es->text)
+#endif
     EDIT_UnlockBuffer(es, TRUE);
 
     es->hloc32W = hloc;
diff --git a/win32ss/user/user32/controls/edit.c b/win32ss/user/user32/controls/edit.c
index 9b0eac86988..a19690f8cd7 100644
--- a/win32ss/user/user32/controls/edit.c
+++ b/win32ss/user/user32/controls/edit.c
@@ -2898,6 +2898,9 @@ static void EDIT_EM_SetHandle(EDITSTATE *es, HLOCAL hloc)
 		return;
 	}
 
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+	if (es->text)
+#endif
 	EDIT_UnlockBuffer(es, TRUE);
 
 	if(es->is_unicode)