diff --git a/src/core/kernel/exports/EmuKrnlIo.cpp b/src/core/kernel/exports/EmuKrnlIo.cpp
index 0a77cec5a..60d20a345 100644
--- a/src/core/kernel/exports/EmuKrnlIo.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kernel/exports/EmuKrnlIo.cpp
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ XBSYSAPI EXPORTNUM(66) xboxkrnl::NTSTATUS NTAPI xboxkrnl::IoCreateFile
 	if (FAILED(ret))
 	{
 		EmuLog(LOG_LEVEL::WARNING, "IoCreateFile Failed! (%s)\n", NtStatusToString(ret));
+		*FileHandle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 	}
 	else
 	{