diff --git a/rostests/winetests/shell32/progman_dde.c b/rostests/winetests/shell32/progman_dde.c
index fcaa02751e7..f94c783ba2a 100644
--- a/rostests/winetests/shell32/progman_dde.c
+++ b/rostests/winetests/shell32/progman_dde.c
@@ -695,17 +695,18 @@ static void DdeTestProgman2(DWORD instance, HCONV hConv, int testnum)
 
 START_TEST(progman_dde)
 {
-    if(!winetest_interactive)
-    {
-        skip("Skipping progman_dde() until we have a sane DDE implementation. CORE-6559.\n");
-        return;
-    }
     DWORD instance = 0;
     UINT err;
     HSZ hszProgman;
     HCONV hConv;
     int testnum;
 
+    if(!winetest_interactive)
+    {
+        skip("Skipping progman_dde() until we have a sane DDE implementation. CORE-6559.\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
     init_function_pointers();
     init_strings();