diff --git a/dlls/mmdevapi/devenum.c b/dlls/mmdevapi/devenum.c
index 7acc3f6ff26..8a712628046 100644
--- a/dlls/mmdevapi/devenum.c
+++ b/dlls/mmdevapi/devenum.c
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ static HRESULT load_driver_devices(EDataFlow flow)
     UINT num, def, i;
     HRESULT hr;
 
+    if(!drvs.pGetEndpointIDs)
+        return S_OK;
+
     hr = drvs.pGetEndpointIDs(flow, &ids, &keys, &num, &def);
     if(FAILED(hr))
         return hr;
@@ -824,9 +827,6 @@ HRESULT MMDevEnum_Create(REFIID riid, void **ppv)
 {
     MMDevEnumImpl *This = MMDevEnumerator;
 
-    if(!drvs.pGetAudioEndpoint)
-        return AUDCLNT_E_SERVICE_NOT_RUNNING;
-
     if (!This)
     {
         This = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, sizeof(*This));
diff --git a/dlls/mmdevapi/main.c b/dlls/mmdevapi/main.c
index 3063a11ce59..c694c6e1d9b 100644
--- a/dlls/mmdevapi/main.c
+++ b/dlls/mmdevapi/main.c
@@ -104,9 +104,12 @@ static BOOL init_driver(void)
         DWORD size = sizeof(driver_name);
 
         if(RegQueryValueExW(key, drv_value, 0, NULL, (BYTE*)driver_name,
-                    &size) == ERROR_SUCCESS && driver_name[0] != '\0'){
+                    &size) == ERROR_SUCCESS){
             RegCloseKey(key);
 
+            if(driver_name[0] == '\0')
+                return TRUE;
+
             for(next = p = driver_name; next; p = next + 1){
                 next = strchrW(p, ',');
                 if(next)