diff --git a/ntoskrnl/kdbg/kdb_cli.c b/ntoskrnl/kdbg/kdb_cli.c
index 53d874c3e2f..7314086c2f6 100644
--- a/ntoskrnl/kdbg/kdb_cli.c
+++ b/ntoskrnl/kdbg/kdb_cli.c
@@ -3798,7 +3798,11 @@ KdbpCliInit(VOID)
 
     /* Initialize the object attributes */
     RtlInitUnicodeString(&FileName, L"\\SystemRoot\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\KDBinit");
-    InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes, &FileName, 0, NULL, NULL);
+    InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
+                               &FileName,
+                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE | OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE,
+                               NULL,
+                               NULL);
 
     /* Open the file */
     Status = ZwOpenFile(&hFile, FILE_READ_DATA | SYNCHRONIZE,
diff --git a/ntoskrnl/kdbg/kdb_symbols.c b/ntoskrnl/kdbg/kdb_symbols.c
index 3baafaf7b78..a3db0abe7fc 100644
--- a/ntoskrnl/kdbg/kdb_symbols.c
+++ b/ntoskrnl/kdbg/kdb_symbols.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ KdbpSymLoadModuleSymbols(
     /*  Open the file  */
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                FileName,
-                               0,
+                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE | OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE,
                                NULL,
                                NULL);