1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/utf8.c b/utf8.c
index f21b13c4fe..517b2e37ad 100644
--- a/utf8.c
+++ b/utf8.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Perl_uvuni_to_utf8(pTHX_ U8 *d, UV uv)
 	*d++ = UTF_TO_NATIVE(uv);
 	return d;
     }
+    if (UNICODE_IS_SURROGATE(uv))
+        Perl_croak(aTHX_ "UTF-16 surrogate 0x%04"UVxf, uv);
 #if defined(EBCDIC)
     else {
 	STRLEN len  = UNISKIP(uv);
@@ -68,8 +70,6 @@ Perl_uvuni_to_utf8(pTHX_ U8 *d, UV uv)
 	return d;
     }
     if (uv < 0x10000) {
-        if (UNICODE_IS_SURROGATE(uv))
-	    Perl_croak(aTHX_ "UTF-16 surrogate 0x%04"UVxf, uv);
 	*d++ = (( uv >> 12)         | 0xe0);
 	*d++ = (((uv >>  6) & 0x3f) | 0x80);
 	*d++ = (( uv        & 0x3f) | 0x80);