diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/advapi32/reg/reg.c b/reactos/dll/win32/advapi32/reg/reg.c
index 1fc6fcd3b9a..be23f51524b 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/advapi32/reg/reg.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/advapi32/reg/reg.c
@@ -4967,7 +4967,7 @@ RegLoadMUIStringW(IN HKEY hKey,
         uiStringId = _wtoi(pComma+2);
         *pComma = L'\0';
 
-        hModule = LoadLibraryW(pwszExpandedBuffer + 1);
+        hModule = LoadLibraryExW(pwszExpandedBuffer + 1, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE);
         if (!hModule || !load_string(hModule, uiStringId, pszOutBuf, cbOutBuf / sizeof(WCHAR)))
             result = ERROR_BADKEY;
         FreeLibrary(hModule);