diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format
index 96eb4cd742e245da0c3b2009641a691479dc59fa..5d7af53fc947dfc69a4ea61ad0b9a841b1f72665 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format
@@ -1610,8 +1610,8 @@ namespace __format
 
 
 	  _Optional_locale __loc;
-	  basic_string_view<_CharT> __str;
 	  basic_string<_CharT> __wstr;
+	  basic_string_view<_CharT> __str;
 	  if constexpr (is_same_v<_CharT, char>)
 	    __str = __narrow_str;
 	  else
@@ -1634,7 +1634,8 @@ namespace __format
 		__wstr = _M_localize(__str, __expc, __fc.locale());
 	      else
 		__wstr = _M_localize(__str, __expc, __loc.value());
-	      __str = __wstr;
+	      if (!__wstr.empty())
+		__str = __wstr;
 	    }
 
 	  size_t __width = _M_spec._M_get_width(__fc);
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/format/functions/format.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/format/functions/format.cc
index bd914df6d7c8916a6a6d89884f175df0fdcf49e3..471cffb2b36883f064c5a1214e302fcdd8b9a8d4 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/format/functions/format.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/format/functions/format.cc
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ test_locale()
   s = std::format(eloc, "{0:#Lg} {0:+#.3Lg} {0:#08.4Lg}", -1234.);
   VERIFY( s == "-1.234,00 -1,23e+03 -01.234," );
 
+  s = std::format(cloc, "{:05L}", -1.0); // PR libstdc++/110968
+  VERIFY( s == "-0001" );
+
   // Restore
   std::locale::global(cloc);
 }