diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/ole32/clipboard.c b/reactos/dll/win32/ole32/clipboard.c
index bbb6f5402b1..77a2dfa3ca9 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/ole32/clipboard.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/ole32/clipboard.c
@@ -2001,6 +2001,10 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK clipbrd_wndproc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wparam,
     ole_clipbrd *clipbrd;
 
     get_ole_clipbrd(&clipbrd);
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+    if(clipbrd == NULL)
+        return DefWindowProcW(hwnd, message, wparam, lparam);
+#endif
 
     switch (message)
     {