diff --git a/dlls/imm32/imm.c b/dlls/imm32/imm.c
index b4621412ac9..b2ac6628fba 100644
--- a/dlls/imm32/imm.c
+++ b/dlls/imm32/imm.c
@@ -1224,8 +1224,13 @@ static INT CopyCompStringIMEtoClient(const InputContextData *data, const void *s
     }
     else
     {
-        ret = min(src_len * char_size, dst_len);
-        memcpy(dst, src, ret);
+        if (dst_len)
+        {
+            ret = min(src_len * char_size, dst_len);
+            memcpy(dst, src, ret);
+        }
+        else
+            ret = src_len * char_size;
     }
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/dlls/imm32/tests/imm32.c b/dlls/imm32/tests/imm32.c
index d15fa9c9ffc..040a43fc058 100644
--- a/dlls/imm32/tests/imm32.c
+++ b/dlls/imm32/tests/imm32.c
@@ -473,6 +473,18 @@ static void test_ImmGetCompositionString(void)
         len = ImmGetCompositionStringW(imc, GCS_COMPSTR, wstring, wlen - 1);
         ok(len == wlen - 1, "Unexpected length %d.\n", len);
         ok(!memcmp(wstring, string, wlen - 1), "Unexpected buffer contents.\n");
+
+        /* Get the size of the required output buffer. */
+        memset(wstring, 0x1a, sizeof(wstring));
+        memset(cstring, 0x1a, sizeof(cstring));
+
+        len = ImmGetCompositionStringA(imc, GCS_COMPSTR, cstring, 0);
+        ok(len == alen, "Unexpected length %d.\n", len);
+        ok(cstring[0] == 0x1a, "Unexpected buffer contents %s.\n", cstring);
+
+        len = ImmGetCompositionStringW(imc, GCS_COMPSTR, wstring, 0);
+        ok(len == wlen, "Unexpected length %d.\n", len);
+        ok(wstring[0] == 0x1a1a, "Unexpected buffer contents.\n");
     }
     else
         win_skip("Composition string isn't available\n");