if (do_utf8 && !UTF8_IS_INVARIANT(c)) {
c = utf8n_to_uvchr(p, UTF8_MAXBYTES, &len,
- (UTF8_ALLOW_DEFAULT & UTF8_ALLOW_ANYUV) | UTF8_CHECK_ONLY);
- /* see [perl #37836] for UTF8_ALLOW_ANYUV */
+ (UTF8_ALLOW_DEFAULT & UTF8_ALLOW_ANYUV)
+ | UTF8_ALLOW_FFFF | UTF8_CHECK_ONLY);
+ /* see [perl #37836] for UTF8_ALLOW_ANYUV; [perl #38293] for
+ * UTF8_ALLOW_FFFF */
if (len == (STRLEN)-1)
Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Malformed UTF-8 character (fatal)");
}