diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/mciseq/mcimidi.c b/reactos/dll/win32/mciseq/mcimidi.c
index e673f3fe9f2..3c0c685963a 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/mciseq/mcimidi.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/mciseq/mcimidi.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ static DWORD MIDI_mciOpen(WINE_MCIMIDI* wmm, DWORD dwFlags, LPMCI_OPEN_PARMSW lp
 
     if (dwFlags & MCI_OPEN_ELEMENT) {
 	TRACE("MCI_OPEN_ELEMENT %s!\n", debugstr_w(lpParms->lpstrElementName));
-	if (lpParms->lpstrElementName && strlenW(lpParms->lpstrElementName) > 0) {
+        if (lpParms->lpstrElementName && lpParms->lpstrElementName[0]) {
 	    wmm->hFile = mmioOpenW((LPWSTR)lpParms->lpstrElementName, NULL,
 				   MMIO_ALLOCBUF | MMIO_READ | MMIO_DENYWRITE);
 	    if (wmm->hFile == 0) {
diff --git a/reactos/media/doc/README.WINE b/reactos/media/doc/README.WINE
index b7bf1f08a6c..6a8cd3c3893 100644
--- a/reactos/media/doc/README.WINE
+++ b/reactos/media/doc/README.WINE
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ reactos/dll/win32/mapi32              # Synced to Wine-1.7.27
 reactos/dll/win32/mciavi32            # Synced to WineStaging-1.7.37
 reactos/dll/win32/mcicda              # Synced to Wine-1.7.27
 reactos/dll/win32/mciqtz32            # Synced to WineStaging-1.7.37
-reactos/dll/win32/mciseq              # Synced to Wine-1.7.27
+reactos/dll/win32/mciseq              # Synced to WineStaging-1.7.37
 reactos/dll/win32/mciwave             # Synced to Wine-1.7.27
 reactos/dll/win32/mgmtapi             # Synced to Wine-1.7.27
 reactos/dll/win32/mlang               # Synced to Wine-1.7.27