diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/user32/windows/font.c b/reactos/dll/win32/user32/windows/font.c
index 41dbc0711fd..941fdfba9d9 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/user32/windows/font.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/user32/windows/font.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ DrawTextExW( HDC hdc, LPWSTR str, INT i_count,
                                  rect, str, len_seg, NULL ))  return 0;
                 if (prefix_offset != -1 && prefix_offset < len_seg && !(flags & DT_HIDEPREFIX))
                 {
-                    TEXT_DrawUnderscore (hdc, xseg, y + tm.tmAscent + 2, str, prefix_offset, (flags & DT_NOCLIP) ? NULL : rect);
+                    TEXT_DrawUnderscore (hdc, xseg, y + tm.tmAscent + 1, str, prefix_offset, (flags & DT_NOCLIP) ? NULL : rect);
                 }
                 len -= len_seg;
                 str += len_seg;