diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/node.c b/dlls/msxml3/node.c
index b4403cb273bf2c3fbc737da3974d522013f4efd7..d9a2a0cff33243088f96c7bfbedb5ee56fd9104b 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/node.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/node.c
@@ -625,11 +625,11 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI xmlnode_removeChild(
 
     TRACE("%p->(%p, %p)\n", This, childNode, oldChild);
 
+    if(!childNode) return E_INVALIDARG;
+
     if(oldChild)
         *oldChild = NULL;
 
-    if(!childNode) return E_INVALIDARG;
-
     hr = IXMLDOMNode_QueryInterface(childNode, &IID_IXMLDOMNode, (LPVOID)&child);
     if(FAILED(hr))
         return hr;
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
index b5b543eca589d759b47391e56f93af7604ff1855..c673d98719c640365226656867186606df3932d4 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ static void test_removeChild(void)
     removed_node = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
     r = IXMLDOMElement_removeChild( element, NULL, &removed_node );
     ok( r == E_INVALIDARG, "ret %08x\n", r );
-    todo_wine ok( removed_node == (void*)0xdeadbeef, "%p\n", removed_node );
+    ok( removed_node == (void*)0xdeadbeef, "%p\n", removed_node );
 
     /* ba_node is a descendant of element, but not a direct child. */
     removed_node = (void*)0xdeadbeef;