1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Lexer.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Lexer.cpp
index 685e915d2b..43a3952a56 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Lexer.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Lexer.cpp
@@ -363,9 +363,12 @@ u32 Lexer::current_code_point() const
     static constexpr const u32 REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER = 0xFFFD;
     if (m_position == 0)
         return REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER;
-    Utf8View utf_8_view { m_source.substring_view(m_position - 1) };
-    if (utf_8_view.is_empty())
+    auto substring = m_source.substring_view(m_position - 1);
+    if (substring.is_empty())
         return REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER;
+    if (is_ascii(substring[0]))
+        return substring[0];
+    Utf8View utf_8_view { substring };
     return *utf_8_view.begin();
 }