diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/mbcs.c b/dlls/msvcrt/mbcs.c
index 770ee672af0..a9dbcfff661 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/mbcs.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/mbcs.c
@@ -2425,6 +2425,7 @@ int CDECL MSVCRT__mbstowcs_s_l(MSVCRT_size_t *ret, MSVCRT_wchar_t *wcstr,
         MSVCRT_size_t count, MSVCRT__locale_t locale)
 {
     MSVCRT_size_t conv;
+    int err = 0;
 
     if(!wcstr && !size) {
         conv = MSVCRT__mbstowcs_l(NULL, mbstr, 0, locale);
@@ -2447,9 +2448,10 @@ int CDECL MSVCRT__mbstowcs_s_l(MSVCRT_size_t *ret, MSVCRT_wchar_t *wcstr,
     conv = MSVCRT__mbstowcs_l(wcstr, mbstr, conv, locale);
     if(conv<size)
         wcstr[conv++] = '\0';
-    else if(conv==size && (count==MSVCRT__TRUNCATE || wcstr[conv-1]=='\0'))
+    else if(conv==size && count==MSVCRT__TRUNCATE && wcstr[conv-1]!='\0') {
         wcstr[conv-1] = '\0';
-    else {
+        err = MSVCRT_STRUNCATE;
+    }else if(conv==size && wcstr[conv-1]!='\0') {
         MSVCRT_INVALID_PMT("wcstr[size] is too small", MSVCRT_ERANGE);
         if(size)
             wcstr[0] = '\0';
@@ -2458,7 +2460,7 @@ int CDECL MSVCRT__mbstowcs_s_l(MSVCRT_size_t *ret, MSVCRT_wchar_t *wcstr,
 
     if(ret)
         *ret = conv;
-    return 0;
+    return err;
 }
 
 /*********************************************************************
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/tests/string.c b/dlls/msvcrt/tests/string.c
index 88922fe4658..d14c7f009c2 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/tests/string.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/tests/string.c
@@ -2080,6 +2080,11 @@ static void test_mbstowcs(void)
         return;
     }
 
+    err = pmbstowcs_s(&ret, wOut, 1, mSimple, _TRUNCATE);
+    ok(err == STRUNCATE, "err = %d\n", err);
+    ok(ret == 1, "mbstowcs_s did not return 0\n");
+    ok(!wOut[0], "wOut[0] = %d\n", wOut[0]);
+
     err = pmbstowcs_s(&ret, wOut, 6, mSimple, _TRUNCATE);
     ok(err == 0, "err = %d\n", err);
     ok(ret == 5, "mbstowcs_s did not return 5\n");