diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/profile.c b/dlls/kernel32/profile.c
index e70874fa36f..bf1a9170896 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/profile.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/profile.c
@@ -2044,9 +2044,14 @@ BOOL WINAPI WritePrivateProfileStructW (LPCWSTR section, LPCWSTR key,
     LPWSTR outstring, p;
     DWORD sum = 0;
 
+    TRACE("(%s %s %p %u %s)\n", debugstr_w(section), debugstr_w(key), buf, bufsize, debugstr_w(filename));
+
     if (!section && !key && !buf)  /* flush the cache */
         return WritePrivateProfileStringW( NULL, NULL, NULL, filename );
 
+    if (!buf)
+        return WritePrivateProfileStringW(section, key, NULL, filename);
+
     /* allocate string buffer for hex chars + checksum hex char + '\0' */
     outstring = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, (bufsize*2 + 2 + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR) );
     p = outstring;
diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/tests/profile.c b/dlls/kernel32/tests/profile.c
index 71d945f81df..18e12690f18 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/tests/profile.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/tests/profile.c
@@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@ static void test_WritePrivateProfileString(void)
 static void test_profile_struct(void)
 {
     static const char expect_data[] = "[s]\r\nkey=616261637573006F\r\n";
+    static const char expect_data_empty[] = "[s]\r\n";
     char buffer[20];
     BOOL ret;
 
@@ -1173,6 +1174,11 @@ static void test_profile_struct(void)
     ok(!ret, "expected failure\n");
     todo_wine ok(GetLastError() == ERROR_BAD_LENGTH, "got error %lu\n", GetLastError());
 
+    /* Test deleting struct */
+    ret = WritePrivateProfileStructA("s", "key", NULL, sizeof("abacus"), "./winetest.ini");
+    ok(ret, "got error %lu\n", GetLastError());
+    ok(check_file_data("./winetest.ini", expect_data_empty), "file doesn't match\n");
+
     ret = DeleteFileA("./winetest.ini");
     ok(ret, "got error %lu\n", GetLastError());
 }