diff --git a/base/applications/regedit/treeview.c b/base/applications/regedit/treeview.c
index 958aae6cdc7..dc7d376c971 100644
--- a/base/applications/regedit/treeview.c
+++ b/base/applications/regedit/treeview.c
@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ BOOL CreateNewKey(HWND hwndTV, HTREEITEM hItem)
     HTREEITEM hNewItem;
 
     pszKeyPath = GetItemPath(hwndTV, hItem, &hRootKey);
+    if (pszKeyPath==NULL)
+        return bSuccess;
     if (pszKeyPath[0] == L'\0')
         hKey = hRootKey;
     else if (RegOpenKeyW(hRootKey, pszKeyPath, &hKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)