diff --git a/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/add.c b/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/add.c
index 258e3e8cb25..9aaa3fc1acc 100644
--- a/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/add.c
+++ b/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/add.c
@@ -154,18 +154,18 @@ static int run_add(HKEY root, WCHAR *path, WCHAR *value_name, BOOL value_empty,
                    WCHAR *type, WCHAR separator, WCHAR *data, BOOL force)
 {
     HKEY hkey;
-    DWORD data_type, data_size;
+    DWORD dispos, data_type, data_size;
     BYTE *reg_data = NULL;
     LONG rc;
 
     if (RegCreateKeyExW(root, path, 0, NULL, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
-                        KEY_READ|KEY_WRITE, NULL, &hkey, NULL))
+                        KEY_READ|KEY_WRITE, NULL, &hkey, &dispos))
     {
         output_message(STRING_ACCESS_DENIED);
         return 1;
     }
 
-    if (!force)
+    if (!force && dispos == REG_OPENED_EXISTING_KEY)
     {
         if (RegQueryValueExW(hkey, value_name, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
         {
diff --git a/sdk/tools/winesync/reg.cfg b/sdk/tools/winesync/reg.cfg
index 6fa89b8a5d4..1c8ffb27672 100644
--- a/sdk/tools/winesync/reg.cfg
+++ b/sdk/tools/winesync/reg.cfg
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ directories:
 files:
   programs/reg/resource.h: base/applications/cmdutils/reg/resource.h
 tags:
-  wine: d433d1f122a85b7902b48bae1930eef503a239a5
+  wine: cf1e6d3f3fcb726062b957a973bb0a78b7e00eab