diff --git a/rostests/winetests/msxml3/xmlparser.c b/rostests/winetests/msxml3/xmlparser.c
index 74b999e43eb..8e93b420df7 100644
--- a/rostests/winetests/msxml3/xmlparser.c
+++ b/rostests/winetests/msxml3/xmlparser.c
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ static void create_test(void)
     hr = IXMLParser_SetFlags(parser, 0);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "Expected S_OK got 0x%08x\n", hr);
 
+    hr = IXMLParser_GetParserState(parser);
+    ok(hr == XMLPARSER_IDLE, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
+
     IXMLParser_Release(parser);
 }