diff --git a/dlls/hlink/link.c b/dlls/hlink/link.c
index 983765cefea5e3a54f2c80f38e2505e86be72f45..25ee45d7c7e26a018cf821eb230a7a6712103cef 100644
--- a/dlls/hlink/link.c
+++ b/dlls/hlink/link.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IHlink_fnNavigate(IHlink* iface, DWORD grfHLNF, LPBC pbc,
         if (phbc)
         {
             r = IHlinkBrowseContext_GetObject(phbc, mon, TRUE, &unk);
-            if (r == S_FALSE)
+            if (r != S_OK)
             {
                 CreateBindCtx(0, &bcxt);
                 RegisterBindStatusCallback(bcxt, pbsc, NULL, 0);
diff --git a/dlls/hlink/tests/hlink.c b/dlls/hlink/tests/hlink.c
index e40807cc8ae69743e967dcca6b91399070a9bc72..3525c4478cf5b1cf98d6eb1efe927c3a9e2a90fe 100644
--- a/dlls/hlink/tests/hlink.c
+++ b/dlls/hlink/tests/hlink.c
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HlinkBrowseContext_GetObject(IHlinkBrowseContext *iface,
     ok(fBindIfRootRegistered == 1, "fBindIfRootRegistered = %x\n", fBindIfRootRegistered);
 
     *ppiunk = HBC_object;
-    return HBC_object ? S_OK : S_FALSE;
+    return HBC_object ? S_OK : 0xdeadbeef;
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI HlinkBrowseContext_Revoke(IHlinkBrowseContext *iface, DWORD dwRegister)