diff --git a/src/game/client/components/statboard.cpp b/src/game/client/components/statboard.cpp
index 7b34f1a70..2cfe85b0b 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/statboard.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/components/statboard.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void CStatboard::OnMessage(int MsgType, void *pRawMsg)
 
 				if(t <= p)
 					return;
-				str_utf8_truncate(aName, sizeof(aName), p, t - p);
+				str_truncate(aName, sizeof(aName), p, t - p);
 
 				for(int i = 0; i < MAX_CLIENTS; i++)
 				{