diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ob/namespc.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ob/namespc.c
index f67794ad08c..99a635c7d1f 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ob/namespc.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ob/namespc.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ObReferenceObjectByName(PUNICODE_STRING ObjectPath,
 
    InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
 			      ObjectPath,
-			      Attributes,
+			      Attributes | OBJ_OPENIF,
 			      NULL,
 			      NULL);
    Status = ObFindObject(&ObjectAttributes,
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ob/object.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ob/object.c
index 08c36ed50d6..b128e9e981c 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ob/object.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ob/object.c
@@ -712,7 +712,8 @@ ObCreateObject (IN KPROCESSOR_MODE ObjectAttributesAccessMode OPTIONAL,
       if (ParentHeader &&
 	  RemainingPath.Buffer == NULL)
         {
-	  if (ParentHeader->ObjectType != Type)
+	  if (ParentHeader->ObjectType != Type
+	  	|| !(ObjectAttributes->Attributes & OBJ_OPENIF))
 	    {
               ObDereferenceObject(Parent);
 	      return STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_COLLISION;