diff --git a/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/i8042prt.c b/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/i8042prt.c
index e6ce9fa7721..8ea3d823efc 100644
--- a/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/i8042prt.c
+++ b/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/i8042prt.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #define I8042_MAX_COMMAND_LENGTH 16
 #define I8042_MAX_UPWARDS_STACK 5
 
+UNICODE_STRING I8042RegistryPath;
+
 /* FUNCTIONS *****************************************************************/
 
 /*
@@ -794,6 +796,21 @@ NTSTATUS STDCALL DriverEntry(PDRIVER_OBJECT DriverObject,
 {
 	DPRINT("I8042 Driver 0.0.1\n");
 
+        I8042RegistryPath.MaximumLength = RegistryPath->Length + sizeof(L"\\Parameters");
+        I8042RegistryPath.Buffer = ExAllocatePoolWithTag(PagedPool, 
+                                                         I8042RegistryPath.MaximumLength,
+                                                         TAG_I8042);
+        if (I8042RegistryPath.Buffer == NULL) {
+
+            return STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES;
+        }
+
+        RtlCopyUnicodeString(&I8042RegistryPath, RegistryPath);
+        RtlAppendUnicodeToString(&I8042RegistryPath, L"\\Parameters");
+        I8042RegistryPath.Buffer[I8042RegistryPath.Length / sizeof(WCHAR)] = 0;
+
+
+
 	DriverObject->MajorFunction[IRP_MJ_CREATE] = I8042CreateDispatch;
 	DriverObject->MajorFunction[IRP_MJ_INTERNAL_DEVICE_CONTROL] =
 	                                       I8042InternalDeviceControl;
diff --git a/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/i8042prt.h b/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/i8042prt.h
index 6d7e56c5a7a..16cfe0ef6f2 100644
--- a/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/i8042prt.h
+++ b/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/i8042prt.h
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ typedef struct _I8042_HOOK_WORKITEM
 #define MOUSE_NACK         0xFE
 
 /* i8042prt.c */
+extern UNICODE_STRING I8042RegistryPath;
+
 NTSTATUS I8042ReadData(UCHAR *Data);
 
 NTSTATUS I8042ReadStatus(UCHAR *Status);
diff --git a/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/registry.c b/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/registry.c
index 09abbd6af8a..8c25872cd31 100644
--- a/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/registry.c
+++ b/reactos/drivers/input/i8042prt/registry.c
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ VOID STDCALL I8042ReadRegistry(PDRIVER_OBJECT DriverObject,
 
 {
 	RTL_QUERY_REGISTRY_TABLE Parameters[19];
-	UNICODE_STRING ParametersPath;
-
-	PWSTR RegistryPath = L"\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\i8042Prt\\Parameters";
 
 	NTSTATUS Status;
 
@@ -55,23 +52,6 @@ VOID STDCALL I8042ReadRegistry(PDRIVER_OBJECT DriverObject,
 	ULONG DefaultNumberOfButtons = 2;
 	ULONG DefaultEnableWheelDetection = 1;
 
-	RtlInitUnicodeString(&ParametersPath, NULL);
-	ParametersPath.MaximumLength = (wcslen(RegistryPath) *
-				       		sizeof(WCHAR)) +
-			               sizeof(UNICODE_NULL);
-
-	ParametersPath.Buffer = ExAllocatePoolWithTag(PagedPool,
-	                                      ParametersPath.MaximumLength,
-	                                      TAG_I8042);
-
-	if (!ParametersPath.Buffer) {
-		DPRINT1("No buffer space for reading registry\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	RtlZeroMemory(ParametersPath.Buffer, ParametersPath.MaximumLength);
-	RtlAppendUnicodeToString(&ParametersPath, RegistryPath);
-
 	RtlZeroMemory(Parameters, sizeof(Parameters));
 
 	Parameters[0].Flags = RTL_QUERY_REGISTRY_DIRECT;
@@ -202,9 +182,8 @@ VOID STDCALL I8042ReadRegistry(PDRIVER_OBJECT DriverObject,
 	Parameters[17].DefaultData = &DefaultEnableWheelDetection;
 	Parameters[17].DefaultLength = sizeof(ULONG);
 
-	Status = RtlQueryRegistryValues(RTL_REGISTRY_ABSOLUTE |
-			                        RTL_REGISTRY_OPTIONAL,
-	                                ParametersPath.Buffer,
+	Status = RtlQueryRegistryValues(RTL_REGISTRY_ABSOLUTE | RTL_REGISTRY_OPTIONAL,
+	                                I8042RegistryPath.Buffer,
 	                                Parameters,
 	                                NULL,
 	                                NULL);
@@ -224,7 +203,6 @@ VOID STDCALL I8042ReadRegistry(PDRIVER_OBJECT DriverObject,
 		DPRINT1 ("Manually set defaults\n");
 
 	}
-	ExFreePoolWithTag(ParametersPath.Buffer, TAG_I8042);
 
 	if (DevExt->Settings.MouseResolution > 3)
 		DevExt->Settings.MouseResolution = 3;