diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/tests/path.c b/dlls/kernel32/tests/path.c
index 3985bcf5504..a272b567ec5 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/tests/path.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/tests/path.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static void test_InitPathA(CHAR *newdir, CHAR *curDrive, CHAR *otherDrive)
      "GetTempPathA returned a path that did not end in '\\'\n");
   lstrcpyA(tmpstr,"aaaaaaaa");
   len1=GetTempPathA(len,tmpstr);
-  ok(len1==len+1,
+  ok(len1==len+1 || broken(len1 == len), /* WinME */
      "GetTempPathA should return string length %d instead of %d\n",len+1,len1);
 
 /* Test GetTmpFileNameA