diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/driver.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/driver.c
index 84eabef6dfb..a500c3a73b5 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/driver.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/driver.c
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ IopAttachFilterDriversCallback(
         Filters += (ServiceName.Length / sizeof(WCHAR)) + 1)
    {
       DPRINT("Filter Driver: %S (%wZ)\n", Filters, &DeviceNode->InstancePath);
+
       ServiceName.Buffer = Filters;
       ServiceName.MaximumLength =
       ServiceName.Length = (USHORT)wcslen(Filters) * sizeof(WCHAR);
@@ -579,8 +580,9 @@ IopAttachFilterDriversCallback(
        }
 
        Status = IopInitializeDevice(DeviceNode, DriverObject);
-       if (!NT_SUCCESS(Status))
-           continue;
+
+       /* Remove extra reference */
+       ObDereferenceObject(DriverObject);
    }
 
    return STATUS_SUCCESS;
@@ -875,6 +877,9 @@ IopInitializeBuiltinDriver(IN PLDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY LdrEntry)
       Status = IopStartDevice(DeviceNode);
    }
 
+   /* Remove extra reference from IopInitializeDriverModule */
+   ObDereferenceObject(DriverObject);
+
    return Status;
 }
 
@@ -1960,6 +1965,7 @@ IopLoadUnloadDriver(PLOAD_UNLOAD_PARAMS LoadParams)
    else
    {
       DPRINT("DriverObject already exist in ObjectManager\n");
+      Status = STATUS_IMAGE_ALREADY_LOADED;
 
       /* IopGetDriverObject references the DriverObject, so dereference it */
       ObDereferenceObject(DriverObject);
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/pnpmgr/pnpmgr.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/pnpmgr/pnpmgr.c
index 3142dbac57d..16bc2ecd212 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/pnpmgr/pnpmgr.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/pnpmgr/pnpmgr.c
@@ -2592,19 +2592,9 @@ IopActionInitChildServices(PDEVICE_NODE DeviceNode,
 
          if (NT_SUCCESS(Status) || Status == STATUS_IMAGE_ALREADY_LOADED)
          {
-            /* STATUS_IMAGE_ALREADY_LOADED means this driver
-               was loaded by the bootloader */
-            if ((Status != STATUS_IMAGE_ALREADY_LOADED) ||
-                (Status == STATUS_IMAGE_ALREADY_LOADED && !DriverObject))
-            {
-               /* Initialize the driver */
-               Status = IopInitializeDriverModule(DeviceNode, ModuleObject,
+            /* Initialize the driver */
+            Status = IopInitializeDriverModule(DeviceNode, ModuleObject,
                   &DeviceNode->ServiceName, FALSE, &DriverObject);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-               Status = STATUS_SUCCESS;
-            }
          }
          else
          {
@@ -2618,6 +2608,9 @@ IopActionInitChildServices(PDEVICE_NODE DeviceNode,
       {
           /* Initialize the device, including all filters */
           Status = PipCallDriverAddDevice(DeviceNode, FALSE, DriverObject);
+
+          /* Remove the extra reference */
+          ObDereferenceObject(DriverObject);
       }
       else
       {