--- a/dlls/ole32/compobj.c
+++ b/dlls/ole32/compobj.c
@@ -3213,6 +3213,7 @@
 {
     MULTI_QI multi_qi = { iid };
     HRESULT hres;
+    CoInitialize(NULL);
 
     TRACE("(rclsid=%s, pUnkOuter=%p, dwClsContext=%08x, riid=%s, ppv=%p)\n", debugstr_guid(rclsid),
           pUnkOuter, dwClsContext, debugstr_guid(iid), ppv);