diff --git a/src/message.c b/src/message.c
index b407534..dd5f3f5 100644
--- a/src/message.c
+++ b/src/message.c
@@ -4405,12 +4405,16 @@
 				     - mb_string2cells((char_u *)str_arg, -1);
 			if (precision)
 			{
-			    char_u *p1 = (char_u *)str_arg;
-			    size_t i;
+			    char_u  *p1;
+			    size_t  i = 0;
 
-			    for (i = 0; i < precision && *p1; i++)
-				p1 += mb_ptr2len(p1);
-
+			    for (p1 = (char_u *)str_arg; *p1;
+							  p1 += mb_ptr2len(p1))
+			    {
+				i += (size_t)mb_ptr2cells(p1);
+				if (i > precision)
+				    break;
+			    }
 			    str_arg_l = precision = p1 - (char_u *)str_arg;
 			}
 		    }
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_expr.vim b/src/testdir/test_expr.vim
index 365a813..253cd49 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_expr.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_expr.vim
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@
   call assert_equal('abc ', printf('%-4s', 'abc'))
   call assert_equal('abc ', printf('%-4S', 'abc'))
 
+  call assert_equal('🐍', printf('%.2S', '🐍🐍'))
+  call assert_equal('', printf('%.1S', '🐍🐍'))
+
   call assert_equal('1%', printf('%d%%', 1))
 endfunc
 
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index fa4e956..98ddcca 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -758,6 +758,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    2083,
+/**/
     2082,
 /**/
     2081,