diff --git a/reactos/win32ss/user/ntuser/main.c b/reactos/win32ss/user/ntuser/main.c
index e6df046d1ca..1e3a4974738 100644
--- a/reactos/win32ss/user/ntuser/main.c
+++ b/reactos/win32ss/user/ntuser/main.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ UserCreateThreadInfo(struct _ETHREAD *Thread)
     ptiCurrent->hEventQueueClient = NULL;
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&EventQueueObjAttr, NULL, OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE, NULL, NULL);
     Status = ZwCreateEvent(&ptiCurrent->hEventQueueClient, EVENT_ALL_ACCESS,
-                            NULL, SynchronizationEvent, FALSE);
+                            &EventQueueObjAttr, SynchronizationEvent, FALSE);
     if (!NT_SUCCESS(Status))
     {
        goto error;