diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/user32/windows/input.c b/reactos/dll/win32/user32/windows/input.c
index b7b22ef5f09..b440d0ffac8 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/user32/windows/input.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/user32/windows/input.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ SHORT WINAPI
 VkKeyScanExW(WCHAR ch,
 	     HKL dwhkl)
 {
-  return (SHORT) NtUserVkKeyScanEx(ch, dwhkl, 0);
+  return (SHORT) NtUserVkKeyScanEx(ch, dwhkl, TRUE);
 }
 
 
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ VkKeyScanExW(WCHAR ch,
 SHORT WINAPI
 VkKeyScanW(WCHAR ch)
 {
-  return VkKeyScanExW(ch, GetKeyboardLayout(0));
+  return (SHORT) NtUserVkKeyScanEx(ch, 0, FALSE);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/reactos/include/reactos/win32k/ntuser.h b/reactos/include/reactos/win32k/ntuser.h
index b942ae30a20..f8f30373723 100644
--- a/reactos/include/reactos/win32k/ntuser.h
+++ b/reactos/include/reactos/win32k/ntuser.h
@@ -2697,7 +2697,7 @@ NTAPI
 NtUserVkKeyScanEx(
   WCHAR wChar,
   HKL KeyboardLayout,
-  DWORD Unknown2);
+  BOOL bUsehHK);
 
 DWORD
 NTAPI
diff --git a/reactos/subsystems/win32/win32k/ntuser/keyboard.c b/reactos/subsystems/win32/win32k/ntuser/keyboard.c
index 32f9c7d0fd7..4f8de851934 100644
--- a/reactos/subsystems/win32/win32k/ntuser/keyboard.c
+++ b/reactos/subsystems/win32/win32k/ntuser/keyboard.c
@@ -1000,22 +1000,31 @@ DWORD
 APIENTRY
 NtUserVkKeyScanEx(
    WCHAR wChar,
-   HKL KeyboardLayout,
-   DWORD Unknown2)
+   HKL hKeyboardLayout,
+   BOOL UsehKL ) // TRUE from KeyboardLayout, FALSE from pkbl = (THREADINFO)->KeyboardLayout
 {
-/* FIXME: currently, this routine doesnt seem to need any locking */
    PKBDTABLES KeyLayout;
    PVK_TO_WCHAR_TABLE vtwTbl;
    PVK_TO_WCHARS10 vkPtr;
    size_t size_this_entry;
    int nMod;
-   DWORD CapsMod = 0, CapsState = 0;
+   PKBL pkbl = NULL;
+   DWORD CapsMod = 0, CapsState = 0, Ret = -1;
 
-   DPRINT("NtUserVkKeyScanEx() wChar %d, KbdLayout 0x%p\n", wChar, KeyboardLayout);
+   DPRINT("NtUserVkKeyScanEx() wChar %d, KbdLayout 0x%p\n", wChar, hKeyboardLayout);
+   UserEnterShared();
 
-   if(!KeyboardLayout)
-      return -1;
-   KeyLayout = UserHklToKbl(KeyboardLayout)->KBTables;
+   if (UsehKL)
+   {
+      if ( !hKeyboardLayout || !(pkbl = UserHklToKbl(hKeyboardLayout)))
+      goto Exit;
+   }
+   else // From VkKeyScanAW it is FALSE so KeyboardLayout is white noise.
+   {
+     pkbl = ((PTHREADINFO)PsGetCurrentThreadWin32Thread())->KeyboardLayout;
+   }   
+
+   KeyLayout = pkbl->KBTables;
 
    for (nMod = 0; KeyLayout->pVkToWcharTable[nMod].nModifications; nMod++)
    {
@@ -1038,13 +1047,16 @@ NtUserVkKeyScanEx(
                CapsMod = KeyLayout->pCharModifiers->ModNumber[CapsState];
                DPRINT("nMod %d wC %04x: CapsMod %08x CapsState %08x MaxModBits %08x\n",
                       nMod, wChar, CapsMod, CapsState, KeyLayout->pCharModifiers->wMaxModBits);
-               return ((CapsMod << 8)|(vkPtr->VirtualKey & 0xff));
+               Ret = ((CapsMod << 8)|(vkPtr->VirtualKey & 0xff));
+               goto Exit;
             }
          }
          vkPtr = (PVK_TO_WCHARS10)(((BYTE *)vkPtr) + size_this_entry);
       }
    }
-   return -1;
+Exit:
+   UserLeave();
+   return Ret;
 }