diff --git a/src/openrct2/localisation/Convert.cpp b/src/openrct2/localisation/Convert.cpp
index dfc3978301..b6d789908c 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/localisation/Convert.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/localisation/Convert.cpp
@@ -29,21 +29,31 @@ static std::wstring DecodeToWideChar(const std::string_view& src)
 {
     std::wstring decoded;
     decoded.reserve(src.size());
-    for (auto it = src.begin(); it != src.end(); it++)
+    for (auto it = src.begin(); it != src.end(); )
     {
-        uint8_t c = *it;
+        uint8_t c = *it++;
         if (c == 255)
         {
             // Push next two characters
             uint8 a = 0;
             uint8 b = 0;
-            if (++it != src.end())
+            if (it != src.end())
             {
-                a = *it;
-                if (++it != src.end())
+                a = *it++;
+                if (it != src.end())
                 {
-                    b = *it;
+                    b = *it++;
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    // 2nd byte for double byte character is missing
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // 1st byte for double byte character is missing
+                break;
             }
 
             wchar_t cp = (a << 8) | b;
diff --git a/test/tests/Localisation.cpp b/test/tests/Localisation.cpp
index d619fd1ddc..611abb7a9e 100644
--- a/test/tests/Localisation.cpp
+++ b/test/tests/Localisation.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ TEST_F(Localisation, RCT2_to_UTF8_PL)
     ASSERT_EQ(expected, actual);
 }
 
+TEST_F(Localisation, RCT2_to_UTF8_ZH_TW_PREMATURE_END)
+{
+    // This string can be found in BATFL.DAT, the last double byte character is missing its second byte.
+    auto input = StringFromHex("ffa470ffabacffa8aeffbdf8ffa662ffc54bffb944ffa457ffaeb6ffb0caffb76effc2");
+    auto expected = u8"小型車輛在鐵道上振動搖";
+    auto actual = rct2_to_utf8(input, RCT2_LANGUAGE_ID_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL);
+    ASSERT_EQ(expected, actual);
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Tests for utf8_to_rct2
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////