diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/string.c b/dlls/msvcrt/string.c
index 4038ed41cdc..f646cee9dfd 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/string.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/string.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,9 @@ int CDECL __STRINGTOLD( MSVCRT__LDOUBLE *value, char **endptr, const char *str,
  */
 MSVCRT_size_t __cdecl MSVCRT_strlen(const char *str)
 {
-    return strlen(str);
+    const char *s = str;
+    while (*s) s++;
+    return s - str;
 }
 
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