diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/regedit/regproc.c b/reactos/base/applications/regedit/regproc.c
index 5be3bb34de9..33c52251ece 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/regedit/regproc.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/regedit/regproc.c
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ LPSTR getRegKeyName(LPSTR lpLine)
 
     keyNameBeg = strchr(lpLineCopy, '\\');    /* The key name start by '\' */
     if (keyNameBeg) {
+        keyNameBeg++;
         if (lpLine[0] == '[') /* need to find matching ']' */
         {
             LPSTR keyNameEnd;