diff --git a/libfreerdp/core/childsession.c b/libfreerdp/core/childsession.c
index bcc58e364..7ae23f6cf 100644
--- a/libfreerdp/core/childsession.c
+++ b/libfreerdp/core/childsession.c
@@ -474,53 +474,66 @@ static BOOL createChildSessionTransport(HANDLE* pFile)
 	hModule = LoadLibraryA("winsta.dll");
 	if (!hModule)
 		return FALSE;
-	WCHAR pipePath[0x80] = { 0 };
-	char pipePathA[0x80] = { 0 };
 
-	WinStationCreateChildSessionTransportFn createChildSessionFn = GetProcAddressAs(
-	    hModule, "WinStationCreateChildSessionTransport", WinStationCreateChildSessionTransportFn);
-	if (!createChildSessionFn)
 	{
-		WLog_ERR(TAG, "unable to retrieve WinStationCreateChildSessionTransport function");
-		goto out;
-	}
+		WCHAR pipePath[0x80] = { 0 };
+		char pipePathA[0x80] = { 0 };
 
-	HRESULT hStatus = createChildSessionFn(pipePath, 0x80);
-	if (!SUCCEEDED(hStatus))
-	{
-		WLog_ERR(TAG, "error 0x%x when creating childSessionTransport", hStatus);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	const BYTE startOfPath[] = { '\\', 0, '\\', 0, '.', 0, '\\', 0 };
-	if (_wcsncmp(pipePath, (const WCHAR*)startOfPath, 4))
-	{
-		/* when compiled under 32 bits, the path may miss "\\.\" at the beginning of the string
-		 * so add it if it's not there
-		 */
-		size_t len = _wcslen(pipePath);
-		if (len > 0x80 - (4 + 1))
 		{
-			WLog_ERR(TAG, "pipePath is too long to be adjusted");
-			goto out;
+			WinStationCreateChildSessionTransportFn createChildSessionFn =
+			    GetProcAddressAs(hModule, "WinStationCreateChildSessionTransport",
+			                     WinStationCreateChildSessionTransportFn);
+			if (!createChildSessionFn)
+			{
+				WLog_ERR(TAG, "unable to retrieve WinStationCreateChildSessionTransport function");
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			{
+				HRESULT hStatus = createChildSessionFn(pipePath, 0x80);
+				if (!SUCCEEDED(hStatus))
+				{
+					WLog_ERR(TAG, "error 0x%x when creating childSessionTransport", hStatus);
+					goto out;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
-		memmove(pipePath + 4, pipePath, (len + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR));
-		memcpy(pipePath, startOfPath, 8);
+		{
+			const BYTE startOfPath[] = { '\\', 0, '\\', 0, '.', 0, '\\', 0 };
+			if (_wcsncmp(pipePath, (const WCHAR*)startOfPath, 4))
+			{
+				/* when compiled under 32 bits, the path may miss "\\.\" at the beginning of the
+				 * string so add it if it's not there
+				 */
+				size_t len = _wcslen(pipePath);
+				if (len > 0x80 - (4 + 1))
+				{
+					WLog_ERR(TAG, "pipePath is too long to be adjusted");
+					goto out;
+				}
+
+				memmove(pipePath + 4, pipePath, (len + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR));
+				memcpy(pipePath, startOfPath, 8);
+			}
+		}
+
+		(void)ConvertWCharNToUtf8(pipePath, 0x80, pipePathA, sizeof(pipePathA));
+		WLog_DBG(TAG, "child session is at '%s'", pipePathA);
+
+		{
+			HANDLE f = CreateFileW(pipePath, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+			                       FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, NULL);
+			if (f == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+			{
+				WLog_ERR(TAG, "error when connecting to local named pipe");
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			*pFile = f;
+		}
 	}
 
-	(void)ConvertWCharNToUtf8(pipePath, 0x80, pipePathA, sizeof(pipePathA));
-	WLog_DBG(TAG, "child session is at '%s'", pipePathA);
-
-	HANDLE f = CreateFileW(pipePath, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
-	                       FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, NULL);
-	if (f == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-	{
-		WLog_ERR(TAG, "error when connecting to local named pipe");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	*pFile = f;
 	ret = TRUE;
 
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