diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/controller.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/controller.c
index 5f738a593af..0ab410553cc 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/controller.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/controller.c
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ IoCreateController(IN ULONG Size)
    PAGED_CODE();
 
    /* Initialize an empty OBA */
-   InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+   InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
+                              NULL,
+                              OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE,
+                              NULL,
+                              NULL);
 
    /* Create the Object */
    Status = ObCreateObject(KernelMode,
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ IoCreateController(IN ULONG Size)
    if (!NT_SUCCESS(Status)) return NULL;
 
     /* Close the dummy handle */
-    NtClose(Handle);
+    ObCloseHandle(Handle, KernelMode);
 
     /* Zero the Object and set its data */
     RtlZeroMemory(Controller, sizeof(CONTROLLER_OBJECT) + Size);