diff --git a/win32ss/user/imm32/ime.c b/win32ss/user/imm32/ime.c
index 51bdd39d47d..7b7271de2ba 100644
--- a/win32ss/user/imm32/ime.c
+++ b/win32ss/user/imm32/ime.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ ImmGetDescriptionW(
 
     TRACE("(%p, %p, %d)\n", hKL, lpszDescription, uBufLen);
 
-    if (!ImmGetImeInfoEx(&info, ImeInfoExKeyboardLayout, &hKL))
+    if (!IS_IME_HKL(hKL) || !ImmGetImeInfoEx(&info, ImeInfoExKeyboardLayout, &hKL))
     {
         ERR("\n");
         return 0;