diff --git a/ntoskrnl/config/i386/cmhardwr.c b/ntoskrnl/config/i386/cmhardwr.c
index c3dfad1e4ba..ec5532faff2 100644
--- a/ntoskrnl/config/i386/cmhardwr.c
+++ b/ntoskrnl/config/i386/cmhardwr.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ CmpInitializeMachineDependentConfiguration(IN PLOADER_PARAMETER_BLOCK LoaderBloc
                          L"Control\\Session Manager\\Memory Management");
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                &KeyName,
-                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
+                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE | OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE,
                                NULL,
                                NULL);
     Status = NtOpenKey(&KeyHandle, KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, &ObjectAttributes);
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ CmpInitializeMachineDependentConfiguration(IN PLOADER_PARAMETER_BLOCK LoaderBloc
                          L"\\Registry\\Machine\\Hardware\\Description\\System");
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                &KeyName,
-                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
+                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE | OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE,
                                NULL,
                                NULL);
     Status = NtOpenKey(&SystemHandle, KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, &ObjectAttributes);
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ CmpInitializeMachineDependentConfiguration(IN PLOADER_PARAMETER_BLOCK LoaderBloc
                          L"Control\\BIOSINFO");
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                &KeyName,
-                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
+                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE | OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE,
                                NULL,
                                NULL);
     Status = NtCreateKey(&BiosHandle,
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ CmpInitializeMachineDependentConfiguration(IN PLOADER_PARAMETER_BLOCK LoaderBloc
     RtlInitUnicodeString(&KeyName, L"CentralProcessor");
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                &KeyName,
-                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
+                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE | OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE,
                                SystemHandle,
                                NULL);
     Status = NtCreateKey(&KeyHandle,
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ CmpInitializeMachineDependentConfiguration(IN PLOADER_PARAMETER_BLOCK LoaderBloc
     RtlInitUnicodeString(&SectionName, L"\\Device\\PhysicalMemory");
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                &SectionName,
-                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
+                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE | OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE,
                                NULL,
                                NULL);
     Status = ZwOpenSection(&SectionHandle,