diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_FileDialog.cpp b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_FileDialog.cpp
index d60fbd329b1..276f3647e68 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_FileDialog.cpp
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_FileDialog.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,9 @@ AwtFileDialog::Show(void *p)
 
         // Report result to peer.
         if (result) {
-            jint length = (jint)GetBufferLength(ofn.lpstrFile, ofn.nMaxFile);
+            jint length = multipleMode
+                    ? (jint)GetBufferLength(ofn.lpstrFile, ofn.nMaxFile)
+                    : (jint)_tcslen(ofn.lpstrFile);
             jcharArray jnames = env->NewCharArray(length);
             env->SetCharArrayRegion(jnames, 0, length, (jchar*)ofn.lpstrFile);