diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -2165,6 +2165,21 @@ def test_12084(self):
        finally:
            os.chdir(orig_dir)


@unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform == "win32", "Win32 specific tests")
class Win32JunctionTests(unittest.TestCase):

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2018-02-07-17-50-48.bpo-29248.Xzwj-6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2018-02-07-17-50-48.bpo-29248.Xzwj-6.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -7439,11 +7439,11 @@ win_readlink(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
                "not a symbolic link");
        return NULL;
    }
-    print_name = rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PathBuffer +
-                 rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PrintNameOffset;

    result = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(print_name,
-                    rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PrintNameLength/2);
    return result;
}