1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index dc2ad9d4a4..874023a33e 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1442,8 +1442,8 @@ sub validate_refname {
 sub to_utf8 {
 	my $str = shift;
 	return undef unless defined $str;
-	if (utf8::valid($str)) {
-		utf8::decode($str);
+
+	if (utf8::is_utf8($str) || utf8::decode($str)) {
 		return $str;
 	} else {
 		return decode($fallback_encoding, $str, Encode::FB_DEFAULT);