diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c
index 007be6318aa..2887aec3c3b 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static inline HRESULT get_current_style_property(HTMLCurrentStyle *current_style
 
 static inline HRESULT get_current_style_property_var(HTMLCurrentStyle *This, styleid_t sid, VARIANT *v)
 {
-    return get_nsstyle_property_var(This->nsstyle, sid, v);
+    return get_nsstyle_property_var(This->nsstyle, sid, COMPAT_MODE_QUIRKS, v);
 }
 
 static inline HTMLCurrentStyle *impl_from_IHTMLCurrentStyle(IHTMLCurrentStyle *iface)
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.c
index 4ec24a3a5c2..6fc57790b23 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.c
@@ -685,22 +685,21 @@ HRESULT get_nsstyle_property(nsIDOMCSSStyleDeclaration *nsstyle, styleid_t sid,
     return hres;
 }
 
-HRESULT get_nsstyle_property_var(nsIDOMCSSStyleDeclaration *nsstyle, styleid_t sid, VARIANT *p)
+HRESULT get_nsstyle_property_var(nsIDOMCSSStyleDeclaration *nsstyle, styleid_t sid, compat_mode_t compat_mode, VARIANT *p)
 {
+    unsigned flags = style_tbl[sid].flags;
     nsAString str_value;
     const PRUnichar *value;
     BOOL set = FALSE;
-    unsigned flags;
     HRESULT hres = S_OK;
 
-    flags = style_tbl[sid].flags;
     nsAString_Init(&str_value, NULL);
 
     get_nsstyle_attr_nsval(nsstyle, sid, &str_value);
 
     nsAString_GetData(&str_value, &value);
 
-    if(flags & ATTR_STR_TO_INT) {
+    if((flags & ATTR_STR_TO_INT) && (*value || compat_mode < COMPAT_MODE_IE9)) {
         const PRUnichar *ptr = value;
         BOOL neg = FALSE;
         INT i = 0;
@@ -723,7 +722,7 @@ HRESULT get_nsstyle_property_var(nsIDOMCSSStyleDeclaration *nsstyle, styleid_t s
     if(!set) {
         BSTR str;
 
-        hres = nsstyle_to_bstr(value, flags, &str);
+        hres = nsstyle_to_bstr(value, compat_mode < COMPAT_MODE_IE9 ? flags : 0, &str);
         if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
             V_VT(p) = VT_BSTR;
             V_BSTR(p) = str;
@@ -743,7 +742,7 @@ static inline HRESULT get_style_property(HTMLStyle *This, styleid_t sid, BSTR *p
 
 static inline HRESULT get_style_property_var(HTMLStyle *This, styleid_t sid, VARIANT *v)
 {
-    return get_nsstyle_property_var(This->nsstyle, sid, v);
+    return get_nsstyle_property_var(This->nsstyle, sid, dispex_compat_mode(&This->dispex), v);
 }
 
 static HRESULT check_style_attr_value(HTMLStyle *This, styleid_t sid, LPCWSTR exval, VARIANT_BOOL *p)
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.h b/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.h
index ac0db1c36f0..59694065291 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.h
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ typedef enum {
 HRESULT HTMLStyle_Create(HTMLElement*,HTMLStyle**) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 
 HRESULT get_nsstyle_property(nsIDOMCSSStyleDeclaration*,styleid_t,compat_mode_t,BSTR*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
-HRESULT get_nsstyle_property_var(nsIDOMCSSStyleDeclaration*,styleid_t,VARIANT*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+HRESULT get_nsstyle_property_var(nsIDOMCSSStyleDeclaration*,styleid_t,compat_mode_t,VARIANT*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 
 HRESULT get_elem_style(HTMLElement*,styleid_t,BSTR*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 HRESULT set_elem_style(HTMLElement*,styleid_t,const WCHAR*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/tests/style.c b/dlls/mshtml/tests/style.c
index 51b44fb063d..62bebc5c27e 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/tests/style.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/tests/style.c
@@ -1715,9 +1715,7 @@ static void test_body_style(IHTMLStyle *style)
         ok(V_VT(&v) == VT_I4, "V_VT(v)=%d\n", V_VT(&v));
         ok(!V_I4(&v), "V_I4(v) != 0\n");
     }else {
-        todo_wine
         ok(V_VT(&v) == VT_BSTR, "V_VT(v)=%d\n", V_VT(&v));
-        if(V_VT(&v) == VT_BSTR) todo_wine
         ok(!V_BSTR(&v), "zIndex = %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(V_BSTR(&v)));
     }
     VariantClear(&v);