--- a/languageinterworkingfw/servicehandler/src/liwvariant.cpp	Mon Mar 30 12:51:20 2009 +0300
+++ b/languageinterworkingfw/servicehandler/src/liwvariant.cpp	Fri May 08 08:20:13 2009 +0300
@@ -1522,6 +1522,7 @@
             	size += 1;	
             	}
             size += iPtrC.Size();
+            size += 1;              // extra one byte for Unicode marker
             break;
             }
         case EVariantTypeDesC8: