diff --git "a/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c" "b/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c"
index 80b95b9bb31..1a47c6ec0ed 100644
--- "a/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c"
+++ "b/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c"
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ SubstituteFontRecurse(LOGFONTW* pLogFont)
             break;
 
         IntUnicodeStringToBuffer(pLogFont->lfFaceName, sizeof(pLogFont->lfFaceName), &OutputNameW);
+        RtlInitUnicodeString(&InputNameW, pLogFont->lfFaceName);
 
         if (CharSetMap[FONTSUBST_FROM] == DEFAULT_CHARSET ||
             CharSetMap[FONTSUBST_FROM] == pLogFont->lfCharSet)