diff --git a/dlls/advapi32/tests/registry.c b/dlls/advapi32/tests/registry.c
index 8602766..58c7202 100644
--- a/dlls/advapi32/tests/registry.c
+++ b/dlls/advapi32/tests/registry.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,9 @@ static void test_reg_query_value(void)
     SetLastError(0xdeadbeef);
     size = MAX_PATH;
     ret = RegQueryValueA((HKEY)0xcafebabe, "subkey", val, &size);
-    ok(ret == ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE || ret == ERROR_BADKEY, /* Windows 98 returns BADKEY */
+    ok(ret == ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE ||
+       ret == ERROR_BADKEY || /* Windows 98 returns BADKEY */
+       ret == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED, /* non-admin winxp */
        "Expected ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE or ERROR_BADKEY, got %d\n", ret);
     ok(GetLastError() == 0xdeadbeef, "Expected 0xdeadbeef, got %d\n", GetLastError());
 
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