diff --git a/src/kits/locale/UnicodeChar.cpp b/src/kits/locale/UnicodeChar.cpp
index 242e16d5c8..eed3b9c611 100644
--- a/src/kits/locale/UnicodeChar.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/locale/UnicodeChar.cpp
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ BUnicodeChar::FromUTF8(const char **in)
 {
 	int i = 0;
 	uint32 c = 0;
-	U8_GET_UNSAFE(*in, i, c);
+	U8_NEXT_UNSAFE(*in, i, c);
+	*in += i;
+
 	return c;
 }