diff --git a/dlls/msi/string.c b/dlls/msi/string.c
index 0cacf1e..fecd93f 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/string.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/string.c
@@ -457,20 +457,22 @@ UINT msi_strcmp( const string_table *st, UINT lval, UINT rval, UINT *res )
 
 static void string_totalsize( const string_table *st, UINT *datasize, UINT *poolsize )
 {
-    UINT i, len, max, holesize;
+    UINT i, len, holesize;
 
     if( st->strings[0].str || st->strings[0].persistent_refcount || st->strings[0].nonpersistent_refcount)
         ERR("oops. element 0 has a string\n");
 
     *poolsize = 4;
     *datasize = 0;
-    max = 1;
     holesize = 0;
     for( i=1; i<st->maxcount; i++ )
     {
         if( !st->strings[i].persistent_refcount )
-            continue;
-        if( st->strings[i].str )
+        {
+            TRACE("[%u] nonpersistent = %s\n", i, debugstr_w(st->strings[i].str));
+            (*poolsize) += 4;
+        }
+        else if( st->strings[i].str )
         {
             TRACE("[%u] = %s\n", i, debugstr_w(st->strings[i].str));
             len = WideCharToMultiByte( st->codepage, 0,
@@ -480,7 +482,6 @@ static void string_totalsize( const string_table *st, UINT *datasize, UINT *pool
             (*datasize) += len;
             if (len>0xffff)
                 (*poolsize) += 4;
-            max = i + 1;
             (*poolsize) += holesize + 4;
             holesize = 0;
         }
@@ -634,7 +635,13 @@ UINT msi_save_string_table( const string_table *st, IStorage *storage )
     for( i=1; i<st->maxcount; i++ )
     {
         if( !st->strings[i].persistent_refcount )
+        {
+            pool[ n*2 ] = 0;
+            pool[ n*2 + 1] = 0;
+            n++;
             continue;
+        }
+
         sz = datasize - used;
         r = msi_id2stringA( st, i, data+used, &sz );
         if( r != ERROR_SUCCESS )
diff --git a/dlls/msi/tests/db.c b/dlls/msi/tests/db.c
index 8def113..c620768 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/tests/db.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/tests/db.c
@@ -4253,10 +4253,7 @@ static void test_stringtable(void)
     sz = sizeof(buffer);
     r = MsiRecordGetString(hrec, 2, buffer, &sz);
     ok(r == ERROR_SUCCESS, "Expected ERROR_SUCCESS, got %d\n", r);
-    todo_wine
-    {
-        ok(!lstrcmp(buffer, "five"), "Expected five, got %s\n", buffer);
-    }
+    ok(!lstrcmp(buffer, "five"), "Expected five, got %s\n", buffer);
 
     r = MsiCloseHandle(hrec);
     ok(r == ERROR_SUCCESS, "Expected ERROR_SUCCESS, got %d\n", r);
-- 
1.4.4.2