diff -r 5c48fbe12cb8 Lib/test/test_os.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py	Sat Jan 14 21:04:40 2017 +0900
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py	Sat Jan 14 15:35:50 2017 -0500
@@ -2117,6 +2117,14 @@
                              os.stat(os.path.relpath(link)))
         finally:
             os.chdir(orig_dir)
+    
+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.lexists(r'C:\Users\All Users')
+                            and os.path.exists(r'C:\ProgramData'),
+                            'Test directories not found')
+    def test_29248(self):
+        target = os.readlink(r'C:\Users\All Users')
+        
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.samefile(target, r'C:\ProgramData'))
 
 
 @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform == "win32", "Win32 specific tests")
diff -r 5c48fbe12cb8 Modules/posixmodule.c
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c	Sat Jan 14 21:04:40 2017 +0900
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c	Sat Jan 14 15:35:50 2017 -0500
@@ -7106,7 +7106,7 @@
         return NULL;
     }
     print_name = rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PathBuffer +
-                 rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PrintNameOffset;
+                 (rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PrintNameOffset / 2);
 
     result = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(print_name,
                     rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PrintNameLength/2);