1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pp_pack.c b/pp_pack.c
index 5f1a599eb4..726f7438a3 100644
--- a/pp_pack.c
+++ b/pp_pack.c
@@ -3149,6 +3149,21 @@ PP(pp_pack)
 
     packlist(cat, pat, patend, MARK, SP + 1);
 
+    if (SvUTF8(cat)) {
+        STRLEN result_len;
+        const char * result = SvPV_nomg(cat, result_len);
+        const U8 * error_pos;
+
+        if (! is_utf8_string_loc((U8 *) result, result_len, &error_pos)) {
+            _force_out_malformed_utf8_message(error_pos,
+                                              (U8 *) result + result_len,
+                                              0, /* no flags */
+                                              1 /* Die */
+                                            );
+            NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
+        }
+    }
+
     SvSETMAGIC(cat);
     SP = ORIGMARK;
     PUSHs(cat);