diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/time.c b/dlls/msvcrt/time.c
index 14f4ba0b2a6..e6493b09aff 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/time.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/time.c
@@ -939,6 +939,11 @@ int CDECL MSVCRT__get_tzname(MSVCRT_size_t *ret, char *buf, MSVCRT_size_t bufsiz
     *ret = strlen(timezone)+1;
     if(!buf && !bufsize)
         return 0;
+    if(*ret > bufsize)
+    {
+        buf[0] = 0;
+        return MSVCRT_ERANGE;
+    }
 
     strcpy(buf, timezone);
     return 0;