diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/regedit/childwnd.c b/reactos/base/applications/regedit/childwnd.c
index e5aef35c032..b283e437491 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/regedit/childwnd.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/regedit/childwnd.c
@@ -506,6 +506,16 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK ChildWndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lPa
 	    case NM_SETFOCUS:
 		pChildWnd->nFocusPanel = 0;
 		break;
+            case TVN_BEGINLABELEDIT:
+            {
+				LPNMTVDISPINFO ptvdi;
+				/* cancel label edit for rootkeys  */
+				ptvdi = (LPNMTVDISPINFO) lParam;
+                if (!TreeView_GetParent(pChildWnd->hTreeWnd, ptvdi->item.hItem) ||
+					!TreeView_GetParent(pChildWnd->hTreeWnd, TreeView_GetParent(pChildWnd->hTreeWnd, ptvdi->item.hItem)))
+                  return TRUE;
+				break;
+			}
             case TVN_ENDLABELEDIT:
                 {
                   LPCTSTR keyPath;