diff --git "a/dll/win32/riched20/editor.c" "b/dll/win32/riched20/editor.c"
index a7794ab7901..65982439d4f 100644
--- "a/dll/win32/riched20/editor.c"
+++ "b/dll/win32/riched20/editor.c"
@@ -4357,7 +4357,7 @@ int ME_GetTextW(ME_TextEditor *editor, WCHAR *buffer, int buflen,
     str = get_text( run, 0 );
   }
   /* append '\r' to the last paragraph. */
-  if (run == para_end_run( para_prev( editor_end_para( editor ) ) ) && bEOP)
+  if (run == para_end_run( para_prev( editor_end_para( editor ) ) ) && bEOP && buflen)
   {
     *buffer = '\r';
     buffer ++;