diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 39a658288..01d2dbf7c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-05-23  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* commands/usbtest.c (grub_usb_get_string): Properly support UTF-16.
+
 2010-05-23  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	cmostest support.
diff --git a/commands/usbtest.c b/commands/usbtest.c
index b884a93f1..191c4e4df 100644
--- a/commands/usbtest.c
+++ b/commands/usbtest.c
@@ -83,15 +83,24 @@ grub_usb_get_string (grub_usb_device_t dev, grub_uint8_t index, int langid,
 			      0x06, (3 << 8) | index,
 			      langid, descstr.length, (char *) descstrp);
 
-  *string = grub_malloc (descstr.length / 2);
+  if (descstrp->length == 0)
+    {
+      grub_free (descstrp);
+      *string = grub_strdup ("");
+      if (! *string)
+	return GRUB_USB_ERR_INTERNAL;
+      return GRUB_USB_ERR_NONE;
+    }
+
+  *string = grub_malloc (descstr.length * 2 + 1);
   if (! *string)
     {
       grub_free (descstrp);
       return GRUB_USB_ERR_INTERNAL;
     }
 
-  grub_utf16_to_utf8 ((grub_uint8_t *) *string, descstrp->str, descstrp->length / 2 - 1);
-  (*string)[descstr.length / 2 - 1] = '\0';
+  *grub_utf16_to_utf8 ((grub_uint8_t *) *string, descstrp->str,
+		       descstrp->length / 2 - 1) = 0;
   grub_free (descstrp);
 
   return GRUB_USB_ERR_NONE;