diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/po/events.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/po/events.c
index 4f021e567bc..6781c68ee83 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/po/events.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/po/events.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ PopAddRemoveSysCapsCallback(IN PVOID NotificationStructure,
 	BOOLEAN Arrival;
 	ULONG Caps;
 	NTSTATUS Status;
+    UNICODE_STRING DeviceName;
+	UNICODE_STRING DeviceNamePrefix = RTL_CONSTANT_STRING(L"\\??\\");
 
 	DPRINT("PopAddRemoveSysCapsCallback(%p %p)\n",
 		NotificationStructure, Context);
@@ -182,10 +184,20 @@ PopAddRemoveSysCapsCallback(IN PVOID NotificationStructure,
 	{
 		DPRINT("Arrival of %wZ\n", Notification->SymbolicLinkName);
 
+        DeviceName.Length = 0;
+		DeviceName.MaximumLength = Notification->SymbolicLinkName->MaximumLength + DeviceNamePrefix.MaximumLength;
+		DeviceName.Buffer = ExAllocatePool(PagedPool, DeviceName.MaximumLength);
+		if (!DeviceName.Buffer) return STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES;
+
+		RtlCopyUnicodeString(&DeviceName, &DeviceNamePrefix);
+		RtlAppendUnicodeStringToString(&DeviceName, Notification->SymbolicLinkName);
+
+		DPRINT("Opening handle to %wZ\n", &DeviceName);
+
 		/* Open the device */
 		InitializeObjectAttributes(
 			&ObjectAttributes,
-			Notification->SymbolicLinkName,
+			&DeviceName,
 			OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE,
 			NULL,
 			NULL);
@@ -196,6 +208,7 @@ PopAddRemoveSysCapsCallback(IN PVOID NotificationStructure,
 			&IoStatusBlock,
 			FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
 			0);
+        RtlFreeUnicodeString(&DeviceName);
 		if (!NT_SUCCESS(Status))
 		{
 			DPRINT1("ZwOpenFile() failed with status 0x%08lx\n", Status);