diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/profile.c b/dlls/kernel32/profile.c
index 5d563a5b7fb..d44e819af3b 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/profile.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/profile.c
@@ -208,9 +208,8 @@ static void PROFILE_Save( HANDLE hFile, const PROFILESECTION *section, ENCODING
 
         for (key = section->key; key; key = key->next)
         {
-            len += strlenW(key->name);
-            if (key->value && key->value[0]) len += strlenW(key->value);
-            len += 3; /* '=' and "\r\n" */
+            len += strlenW(key->name) + 2;
+            if (key->value) len += strlenW(key->value) + 1;
         }
 
         buffer = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, len * sizeof(WCHAR));