diff --git a/dlls/dwrite/tests/font.c b/dlls/dwrite/tests/font.c
index 8fe59ca5a1e..39a11b8be9a 100644
--- a/dlls/dwrite/tests/font.c
+++ b/dlls/dwrite/tests/font.c
@@ -2179,8 +2179,8 @@ static void get_enus_string(IDWriteLocalizedStrings *strings, WCHAR *buff, UINT3
 
     hr = IDWriteLocalizedStrings_FindLocaleName(strings, L"en-us", &index, &exists);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "Unexpected hr %#x.\n", hr);
-    ok(exists, "got %d\n", exists);
-
+    if (!exists)
+        index = 0;
     hr = IDWriteLocalizedStrings_GetString(strings, index, buff, size);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
 }