1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index 829ff86a3b..58142ab414 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -9883,7 +9883,7 @@ S_scan_str(pTHX_ char *start, int keep_quoted, int keep_delims)
 	termlen = 1;
     }
     else {
-	termcode = utf8_to_uvchr((U8*)s, &termlen);
+	termcode = utf8_to_uvchr_buf((U8*)s, (U8*)PL_bufend, &termlen);
 	Copy(s, termstr, termlen, U8);
 	if (!UTF8_IS_INVARIANT(term))
 	    has_utf8 = TRUE;