diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/ctype.c b/dlls/msvcrt/ctype.c
index 7cfba52c9f4..5a7d3450eda 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/ctype.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/ctype.c
@@ -397,7 +397,10 @@ int CDECL isxdigit(int c)
  */
 int CDECL _isblank_l(int c, _locale_t locale)
 {
-  return c == '\t' || _isctype_l( c, _BLANK, locale );
+#if _MSVCR_VER < 140
+    if (c == '\t') return _BLANK;
+#endif
+    return _isctype_l( c, _BLANK, locale );
 }
 
 /*********************************************************************
diff --git a/dlls/ucrtbase/tests/misc.c b/dlls/ucrtbase/tests/misc.c
index f5dbac70ddb..60f569c69ff 100644
--- a/dlls/ucrtbase/tests/misc.c
+++ b/dlls/ucrtbase/tests/misc.c
@@ -538,16 +538,19 @@ static void test_lldiv(void)
 
 static void test_isblank(void)
 {
-    int c;
+    int c, r;
 
     for(c = 0; c <= 0xff; c++) {
-        if(c == '\t' || c == ' ') {
-            if(c == '\t')
-                ok(!_isctype(c, _BLANK), "tab shouldn't be blank\n");
-            else
-                ok(_isctype(c, _BLANK), "space should be blank\n");
+        if(c == '\t') {
+            ok(!_isctype(c, _BLANK), "tab shouldn't be blank\n");
             ok(isblank(c), "%d should be blank\n", c);
-            ok(_isblank_l(c, NULL), "%d should be blank\n", c);
+            r = _isblank_l(c, NULL);
+            ok(!r || broken(r == _BLANK), "tab shouldn't be blank (got %x)\n", r);
+        } else if(c == ' ') {
+            ok(_isctype(c, _BLANK), "space should be blank\n");
+            ok(isblank(c), "%d should be blank\n", c);
+            r = _isblank_l(c, NULL);
+            ok(r == _BLANK, "space should be blank (got %x)\n", r);
         } else {
             ok(!_isctype(c, _BLANK), "%d shouldn't be blank\n", c);
             ok(!isblank(c), "%d shouldn't be blank\n", c);