diff --git a/src/bin/e_int_menus.c b/src/bin/e_int_menus.c
index f584a4fff..375f2e4f9 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_int_menus.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_int_menus.c
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ _e_int_menus_clients_title_abbrv(const char *title)
    len = 0;
    for (len2 = (max_len / 2); len2; len2--)
 #if (EINA_VERSION_MAJOR > 1) || (EINA_VERSION_MINOR >= 8)
-     eina_unicode_utf8_next_get(title, &len);
+     if (!eina_unicode_utf8_next_get(title, &len)) break;
 #else
      eina_unicode_utf8_get_next(title, &len);
 #endif