diff --git a/dlls/msvcr100/msvcr100.spec b/dlls/msvcr100/msvcr100.spec
index 1760a1ac670..38ec0e1353d 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcr100/msvcr100.spec
+++ b/dlls/msvcr100/msvcr100.spec
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
 @ varargs _fwscanf_s_l(ptr wstr ptr) msvcrt._fwscanf_s_l
 @ cdecl _gcvt(double long str) msvcrt._gcvt
 @ cdecl _gcvt_s(ptr long  double long) msvcrt._gcvt_s
-@ stub _get_current_locale
+@ cdecl _get_current_locale() msvcrt._get_current_locale
 @ stub _get_daylight
 @ cdecl _get_doserrno(ptr) msvcrt._get_doserrno
 @ stub _get_dstbias
diff --git a/dlls/msvcr80/msvcr80.spec b/dlls/msvcr80/msvcr80.spec
index 503864f368d..a083053229c 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcr80/msvcr80.spec
+++ b/dlls/msvcr80/msvcr80.spec
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
 @ cdecl _gcvt(double long str) msvcrt._gcvt
 @ cdecl _gcvt_s(ptr long  double long) msvcrt._gcvt_s
 @ stub _get_amblksiz
-@ stub _get_current_locale
+@ cdecl _get_current_locale() msvcrt._get_current_locale
 @ stub _get_daylight
 @ cdecl _get_doserrno(ptr) msvcrt._get_doserrno
 @ stub _get_dstbias
diff --git a/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.spec b/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.spec
index 7976a0fd727..475e3a932bc 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.spec
+++ b/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.spec
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
 @ cdecl _gcvt(double long str) msvcrt._gcvt
 @ cdecl _gcvt_s(ptr long  double long) msvcrt._gcvt_s
 @ stub _get_amblksiz
-@ stub _get_current_locale
+@ cdecl _get_current_locale() msvcrt._get_current_locale
 @ stub _get_daylight
 @ cdecl _get_doserrno(ptr) msvcrt._get_doserrno
 @ stub _get_dstbias
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/locale.c b/dlls/msvcrt/locale.c
index 44fdf7c6084..6bb6162a1be 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/locale.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/locale.c
@@ -603,6 +603,9 @@ void free_locinfo(MSVCRT_pthreadlocinfo locinfo)
     if(!locinfo)
         return;
 
+    if(InterlockedDecrement(&locinfo->refcount))
+        return;
+
     for(i=MSVCRT_LC_MIN+1; i<=MSVCRT_LC_MAX; i++) {
         MSVCRT_free(locinfo->lc_category[i].locale);
         MSVCRT_free(locinfo->lc_category[i].refcount);
@@ -640,9 +643,26 @@ void free_mbcinfo(MSVCRT_pthreadmbcinfo mbcinfo)
     if(!mbcinfo)
         return;
 
+    if(InterlockedDecrement(&mbcinfo->refcount))
+        return;
+
     MSVCRT_free(mbcinfo);
 }
 
+/* _get_current_locale - not exported in native msvcrt */
+MSVCRT__locale_t CDECL MSVCRT__get_current_locale(void)
+{
+    MSVCRT__locale_t loc = MSVCRT_malloc(sizeof(MSVCRT__locale_tstruct));
+    if(!loc)
+        return NULL;
+
+    loc->locinfo = get_locinfo();
+    loc->mbcinfo = get_mbcinfo();
+    InterlockedIncrement(&loc->locinfo->refcount);
+    InterlockedIncrement(&loc->mbcinfo->refcount);
+    return loc;
+}
+
 /* _free_locale - not exported in native msvcrt */
 void CDECL MSVCRT__free_locale(MSVCRT__locale_t locale)
 {
@@ -747,6 +767,8 @@ MSVCRT__locale_t CDECL MSVCRT__create_locale(int category, const char *locale)
     }
 
     memset(loc->locinfo, 0, sizeof(MSVCRT_threadlocinfo));
+    loc->locinfo->refcount = 1;
+    loc->mbcinfo->refcount = 1;
 
     loc->locinfo->lconv = MSVCRT_malloc(sizeof(struct MSVCRT_lconv));
     if(!loc->locinfo->lconv) {
@@ -762,8 +784,6 @@ MSVCRT__locale_t CDECL MSVCRT__create_locale(int category, const char *locale)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    loc->locinfo->refcount = 1;
-
     if(lcid[MSVCRT_LC_COLLATE] && (category==MSVCRT_LC_ALL || category==MSVCRT_LC_COLLATE)) {
         if(update_threadlocinfo_category(lcid[MSVCRT_LC_COLLATE], loc, MSVCRT_LC_COLLATE)) {
             MSVCRT__free_locale(loc);
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec b/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
index dfd3a07f015..75a3b354d7f 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
@@ -1490,6 +1490,7 @@
 @ cdecl -arch=i386 __control87_2(long long ptr ptr)
 @ cdecl _configthreadlocale(long)
 @ cdecl _create_locale(long str) MSVCRT__create_locale
+@ cdecl _get_current_locale() MSVCRT__get_current_locale
 @ cdecl _dupenv_s(ptr ptr str)
 @ cdecl _free_locale(ptr) MSVCRT__free_locale
 @ cdecl _get_invalid_parameter_handler()