diff --git a/rostests/apitests/win32nt/ntdd/NtGdiDdQueryDirectDrawObject.c b/rostests/apitests/win32nt/ntdd/NtGdiDdQueryDirectDrawObject.c
index ec325b4df0c..07961e9372d 100644
--- a/rostests/apitests/win32nt/ntdd/NtGdiDdQueryDirectDrawObject.c
+++ b/rostests/apitests/win32nt/ntdd/NtGdiDdQueryDirectDrawObject.c
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ START_TEST(NtGdiDdQueryDirectDrawObject)
 
     /* Create ReactX handle */
     hDirectDraw = (HANDLE) NtGdiDdCreateDirectDrawObject(hdc);
-    ASSERT(hDirectDraw != NULL);
+    RTEST(hDirectDraw != NULL);
+    if (hDirectDraw == NULL)
+    {
+        DeleteDC(hdc);
+        return;
+    }
 
     /* Start Test ReactX NtGdiDdQueryDirectDrawObject function */