diff --git a/src/printsupport/platform/windows/qwindowsprintdevice.cpp b/src/printsupport/platform/windows/qwindowsprintdevice.cpp
index a6aa9c6504a..faf491d9a90 100644
--- a/src/printsupport/platform/windows/qwindowsprintdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/printsupport/platform/windows/qwindowsprintdevice.cpp
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ QStringList QWindowsPrintDevice::availablePrintDeviceIds()
 QString QWindowsPrintDevice::defaultPrintDeviceId()
 {
     DWORD size = 0;
-    if (GetDefaultPrinter(nullptr, &size) == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
+    if (GetDefaultPrinter(nullptr, &size) == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND || size < 2)
        return QString();
 
     QScopedArrayPointer<wchar_t> name(new wchar_t[size]);