diff --git a/headers/private/interface/utf8_functions.h b/headers/private/interface/utf8_functions.h
index cdb215a400..92e80ba84a 100644
--- a/headers/private/interface/utf8_functions.h
+++ b/headers/private/interface/utf8_functions.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ UTF8ToCharCode(const char **bytes)
 
 		mask <<= 1;
 		if (mask == 0x40)
-			break;
+			return result;
 	}
 
 	if (mask == 0x40)