1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_wstring.cpp b/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_wstring.cpp
index f3b430c7bf..38fd15e13f 100644
--- a/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_wstring.cpp
+++ b/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_wstring.cpp
@@ -224,20 +224,25 @@ void CFX_WideString::ReleaseBuffer(FX_STRSIZE nNewLength) {
   if (nNewLength == -1)
     nNewLength = FXSYS_wcslen(m_pData->m_String);
 
+  nNewLength = std::min(nNewLength, m_pData->m_nAllocLength);
   if (nNewLength == 0) {
     clear();
     return;
   }
 
-  FXSYS_assert(nNewLength <= m_pData->m_nAllocLength);
-  ReallocBeforeWrite(nNewLength);
+  FXSYS_assert(m_pData->m_nRefs == 1);
   m_pData->m_nDataLength = nNewLength;
   m_pData->m_String[nNewLength] = 0;
+  if (m_pData->m_nAllocLength - nNewLength >= 32) {
+    // Over arbitrary threshold, so pay the price to relocate.  Force copy to
+    // always occur by holding a second reference to the string.
+    CFX_WideString preserve(*this);
+    ReallocBeforeWrite(nNewLength);
+  }
 }
 
 void CFX_WideString::Reserve(FX_STRSIZE len) {
   GetBuffer(len);
-  ReleaseBuffer(GetLength());
 }
 
 FX_WCHAR* CFX_WideString::GetBuffer(FX_STRSIZE nMinBufLength) {