diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_strings.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_strings.cc
index d5ef2d661..2ea47d5d9 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_strings.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_strings.cc
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ SHIM_CALL _snwprintf_shim(PPCContext* ppc_context, KernelState* kernel_state) {
   StackArgList args(ppc_context, 3);
   WideStringFormatData data(format);
 
-  int32_t count = format_core(ppc_context, data, args, false);
+  int32_t count = format_core(ppc_context, data, args, true);
   if (count < 0) {
     if (buffer_count > 0) {
       buffer[0] = '\0';  // write a null, just to be safe