1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/locale.c b/locale.c
index 5893212e86..81c09ab4ec 100644
--- a/locale.c
+++ b/locale.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Perl_new_collate(pTHX_ const char *newcoll)
 	  const Size_t fa = strxfrm(xbuf, "a",  XFRMBUFSIZE);
 	  const Size_t fb = strxfrm(xbuf, "ab", XFRMBUFSIZE);
 	  const SSize_t mult = fb - fa;
-	  if (mult < 1)
+	  if (mult < 1 && !(fa == 0 && fb == 0))
 	      Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: strxfrm() gets absurd - a => %"UVuf", ab => %"UVuf,
 			 (UV) fa, (UV) fb);
 	  PL_collxfrm_base = (fa > (Size_t)mult) ? (fa - mult) : 0;