diff --git a/nselib/msrpctypes.lua b/nselib/msrpctypes.lua
index a720ef04e..80e4ff762 100644
--- a/nselib/msrpctypes.lua
+++ b/nselib/msrpctypes.lua
@@ -4524,14 +4524,17 @@ end
 
 
 --- Unmarshalls a null-terminated Unicode string (LPTSTR datatype)
--- @param w_str The data being processed
--- @param startpos  The current position within the data
+-- @param w_str              The data being processed
+-- @param startpos           The current position within the data
+-- @param offset [optional]  Sets the number of bytes to be skipped from startpos
 -- @return The new position
 -- @return The unmarshalled string
-function unmarshall_lptstr(w_str, startpos)
+function unmarshall_lptstr(w_str, startpos, offset)
+
+  offset = offset or 0
 
   local _
-  local endpos = startpos
+  local endpos = startpos + offset
 
   repeat
     _, endpos = w_str:find("\0\0", endpos, true)
@@ -4540,7 +4543,7 @@ function unmarshall_lptstr(w_str, startpos)
     end
   until endpos % 2 == 0
 
-  return endpos + 1, w_str:sub(startpos, endpos)
+  return endpos + 1, w_str:sub(startpos + offset, endpos)
 
 end