diff --git a/include/rapidjson/stream.h b/include/rapidjson/stream.h
index dd2783b41..fef82c252 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/stream.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/stream.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ inline void PutUnsafe(Stream& stream, typename Stream::Ch c) {
 //! Put N copies of a character to a stream.
 template<typename Stream, typename Ch>
 inline void PutN(Stream& stream, Ch c, size_t n) {
-    PutReserve<Stream>(stream, n);
+    PutReserve(stream, n);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
         PutUnsafe(stream, c);
 }
diff --git a/test/unittest/stringbuffertest.cpp b/test/unittest/stringbuffertest.cpp
index 9be98fce2..ded513cdd 100644
--- a/test/unittest/stringbuffertest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/stringbuffertest.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ TEST(StringBuffer, Put) {
     EXPECT_STREQ("A", buffer.GetString());
 }
 
+TEST(StringBuffer, PutN_Issue672) {
+    GenericStringBuffer<UTF8<>, MemoryPoolAllocator<> > buffer;
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, buffer.GetSize());
+    rapidjson::PutN(buffer, ' ', 1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(1, buffer.GetSize());
+}
+
 TEST(StringBuffer, Clear) {
     StringBuffer buffer;
     buffer.Put('A');