diff --git a/dlls/gdi32/uniscribe/usp10.c b/dlls/gdi32/uniscribe/usp10.c
index 72e75224069..1fda1841533 100644
--- a/dlls/gdi32/uniscribe/usp10.c
+++ b/dlls/gdi32/uniscribe/usp10.c
@@ -3510,7 +3510,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI ScriptTextOut(const HDC hdc, SCRIPT_CACHE *psc, int x, int y, UIN
                              int iReserved, const WORD *pwGlyphs, int cGlyphs, const int *piAdvance,
                              const int *piJustify, const GOFFSET *pGoffset)
 {
-    HRESULT hr = S_OK;
+    HRESULT hr;
     INT i, dir = 1;
     INT *lpDx;
     WORD *reordered_glyphs = (WORD *)pwGlyphs;
@@ -3521,6 +3521,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI ScriptTextOut(const HDC hdc, SCRIPT_CACHE *psc, int x, int y, UIN
 
     if (!hdc || !psc) return E_INVALIDARG;
     if (!piAdvance || !psa || !pwGlyphs) return E_INVALIDARG;
+    if ((hr = init_script_cache(hdc, psc)) != S_OK) return hr;
 
     fuOptions &= ETO_CLIPPED | ETO_OPAQUE;
     fuOptions |= ETO_IGNORELANGUAGE;
diff --git a/dlls/usp10/tests/usp10.c b/dlls/usp10/tests/usp10.c
index 7516bfb2a97..92b26e56392 100644
--- a/dlls/usp10/tests/usp10.c
+++ b/dlls/usp10/tests/usp10.c
@@ -2777,6 +2777,7 @@ static void test_ScriptTextOut(HDC hdc)
     hr = ScriptTextOut(hdc, &psc, 0, 0, 0, NULL, &pItem[0].a, NULL, 0,
             pwOutGlyphs1, pcGlyphs, piAdvance, NULL, pGoffset);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "Unexpected hr %#lx.\n", hr);
+    ok(!!psc, "Got unexpected psc %p.\n", psc);
 
     /* Test Rect Rgn is acceptable. */
     SetRect(&rect, 10, 10, 40, 20);