diff --git a/dlls/ole32/compobj.c b/dlls/ole32/compobj.c
index 522f66b26334b189b5433ae48d872e11f5076cf6..2f550768dd0f1f856c87304d15bfeecdac71cb90 100644
--- a/dlls/ole32/compobj.c
+++ b/dlls/ole32/compobj.c
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ static NTSTATUS create_key( HKEY *retkey, ACCESS_MASK access, OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES
 }
 
 static const WCHAR classes_rootW[] =
-    {'M','a','c','h','i','n','e','\\','S','o','f','t','w','a','r','e','\\','C','l','a','s','s','e','s',0};
+    {'\\','R','e','g','i','s','t','r','y','\\','M','a','c','h','i','n','e',
+     '\\','S','o','f','t','w','a','r','e','\\','C','l','a','s','s','e','s',0};
 
 static HKEY classes_root_hkey;