diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/registry_manager.cpp b/src/windows-emulator/registry_manager.cpp
index 0008452c..c73f5f94 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/registry_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/registry_manager.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ namespace
 	void register_hive(registry_manager::hive_map& hives,
 	                   const std::filesystem::path& key, const std::filesystem::path& file)
 	{
-		hives[canonicalize_path(key)] = std::make_unique<hive_parser>(file);
+		auto hive = std::make_unique<hive_parser>(file);
+		if (hive && hive->success())
+		{
+			hives[canonicalize_path(key)] = std::move(hive);
+		}
 	}
 }