diff --git a/programs/regedit/regproc.c b/programs/regedit/regproc.c
index 35b03228c4b..84a16f93c40 100644
--- a/programs/regedit/regproc.c
+++ b/programs/regedit/regproc.c
@@ -507,7 +507,8 @@ static void free_parser_data(struct parser *parser)
 
 static void prepare_hex_string_data(struct parser *parser)
 {
-    if (parser->data_type == REG_EXPAND_SZ || parser->data_type == REG_MULTI_SZ)
+    if (parser->data_type == REG_EXPAND_SZ || parser->data_type == REG_MULTI_SZ ||
+        parser->data_type == REG_SZ)
     {
         if (parser->is_unicode)
         {
diff --git a/programs/regedit/tests/regedit.c b/programs/regedit/tests/regedit.c
index 41712a13f1f..845ab00ac9a 100644
--- a/programs/regedit/tests/regedit.c
+++ b/programs/regedit/tests/regedit.c
@@ -3679,7 +3679,7 @@ static void test_export(void)
     verify_reg(hkey, "Wine4a", REG_DWORD, &dword, sizeof(dword), 0);
     verify_reg(hkey, "Wine4b", REG_SZ, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4, 0);
     verify_reg(hkey, "Wine4c", REG_SZ, "Value", 6, 0);
-    verify_reg(hkey, "Wine4d", REG_SZ, "\0abc", 5, TODO_REG_SIZE);
+    verify_reg(hkey, "Wine4d", REG_SZ, "\0abc", 5, 0);
     dword = 0x100;
     verify_reg(hkey, "Wine4e", REG_DWORD, &dword, sizeof(dword), 0);
     verify_reg(hkey, "Wine4f", REG_SZ, "\0Value", 7, 0);