diff --git a/runtime/os_interface/windows/print.cpp b/runtime/os_interface/windows/print.cpp
index 152384021b..2b561c938f 100644
--- a/runtime/os_interface/windows/print.cpp
+++ b/runtime/os_interface/windows/print.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ size_t simple_sprintf(char *output, size_t outputSize, const char *format, T val
     _set_output_format(_TWO_DIGIT_EXPONENT);
 #endif
     size_t len = strlen(format);
+    if (len == 0) {
+        output[0] = '\0';
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     if (len > 3 && *(format + len - 2) == 'h' && *(format + len - 3) == 'h') {
         if (*(format + len - 1) == 'i' || *(format + len - 1) == 'd') {
@@ -63,11 +67,10 @@ size_t simple_sprintf(char *output, size_t outputSize, const char *format, T val
             return sprintf_s(output, outputSize, format, fixedValue);
         }
     } else if (format[len - 1] == 'F') {
-        char formatCopy[1024];
-        strcpy_s(formatCopy, 1024, format);
-        formatCopy[len - 1] = 'f';
+        std::string formatCopy = format;
+        *formatCopy.rbegin() = 'f';
 
-        size_t returnValue = sprintf_s(output, outputSize, formatCopy, value);
+        size_t returnValue = sprintf_s(output, outputSize, formatCopy.c_str(), value);
         for (size_t i = 0; i < returnValue; i++)
             output[i] = std::toupper(output[i]);
         return returnValue;
diff --git a/unit_tests/program/printf_helper_tests.cpp b/unit_tests/program/printf_helper_tests.cpp
index ff1a2a3af6..51b8d01d64 100644
--- a/unit_tests/program/printf_helper_tests.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/program/printf_helper_tests.cpp
@@ -841,3 +841,11 @@ TEST(printToSTDOUTTest, GivenStringWhenPrintingToSTDOUTThenExpectOutput) {
     std::string output = testing::internal::GetCapturedStdout();
     EXPECT_STREQ("test", output.c_str());
 }
+
+TEST(simpleSprintf, GivenEmptyFormatStringWhenSimpleSprintfIsCalledThenBailOutWith0) {
+    char out[1024] = {7, 0};
+    auto ret = simple_sprintf<float>(out, sizeof(out), "", 3.0f);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0U, ret);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, out[0]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, out[1]);
+}