diff --git a/win32ss/user/user32/misc/exticon.c b/win32ss/user/user32/misc/exticon.c
index d3e18b0891..9d983e6ea6 100644
--- a/win32ss/user/user32/misc/exticon.c
+++ b/win32ss/user/user32/misc/exticon.c
@@ -285,9 +285,15 @@ static UINT ICO_ExtractIconExW(
         WCHAR		szExePath[MAX_PATH];
         DWORD		dwSearchReturn;
 
-	TRACE("%s, %d, %d %p 0x%08x\n", debugstr_w(lpszExeFileName), nIconIndex, nIcons, pIconId, flags);
+        TRACE("%s, %d, %d %p %p 0x%08x\n", debugstr_w(lpszExeFileName), nIconIndex, nIcons, pIconId, RetPtr, flags);
 
 #ifdef __REACTOS__
+    if (RetPtr == NULL)
+    {
+        WARN("File %s not found or path too long\n", debugstr_w(lpszExeFileName));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     if (RetPtr)
         *RetPtr = NULL;