diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c b/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
index aa8dbb8..7d821e6 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ static void _test_elem_collection(unsigned line, IUnknown *unk,
     long len;
     DWORD i;
     VARIANT name, index;
-    IDispatch *disp;
+    IDispatch *disp, *disp2;
     HRESULT hres;
 
     hres = IUnknown_QueryInterface(unk, &IID_IHTMLElementCollection, (void**)&col);
@@ -1021,9 +1021,9 @@ static void _test_elem_collection(unsigned line, IUnknown *unk,
         len = exlen;
 
     V_VT(&index) = VT_EMPTY;
-    V_VT(&name) = VT_I4;
 
     for(i=0; i<len; i++) {
+        V_VT(&name) = VT_I4;
         V_I4(&name) = i;
         disp = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
         hres = IHTMLElementCollection_item(col, name, index, &disp);
@@ -1032,10 +1032,21 @@ static void _test_elem_collection(unsigned line, IUnknown *unk,
         if(FAILED(hres) || !disp)
             continue;
 
+        if(!i) {
+            V_VT(&name) = VT_INT;
+            V_INT(&name) = i;
+            disp2 = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
+            hres = IHTMLElementCollection_item(col, name, index, &disp2);
+            ok_(__FILE__,line) (hres == S_OK, "item(%d) failed: %08x\n", i, hres);
+            ok_(__FILE__,line) (disp == disp2, "disp != disp2\n");
+            IDispatch_Release(disp2);
+        }
+
         _test_elem_type(line, (IUnknown*)disp, elem_types[i]);
         IDispatch_Release(disp);
     }
 
+    V_VT(&name) = VT_I4;
     V_I4(&name) = len;
     disp = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
     hres = IHTMLElementCollection_item(col, name, index, &disp);