diff --git a/AK/Utf8View.cpp b/AK/Utf8View.cpp
index 7d93d73b78..effc7aae98 100644
--- a/AK/Utf8View.cpp
+++ b/AK/Utf8View.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <AK/Assertions.h>
+#include <AK/CharacterTypes.h>
 #include <AK/Format.h>
 #include <AK/Utf8View.h>
 
@@ -100,9 +101,9 @@ bool Utf8View::validate(size_t& valid_bytes) const
 {
     valid_bytes = 0;
     for (auto ptr = begin_ptr(); ptr < end_ptr(); ptr++) {
-        size_t code_point_length_in_bytes;
-        u32 value;
-        bool first_byte_makes_sense = decode_first_byte(*ptr, code_point_length_in_bytes, value);
+        size_t code_point_length_in_bytes = 0;
+        u32 code_point = 0;
+        bool first_byte_makes_sense = decode_first_byte(*ptr, code_point_length_in_bytes, code_point);
         if (!first_byte_makes_sense)
             return false;
 
@@ -112,8 +113,14 @@ bool Utf8View::validate(size_t& valid_bytes) const
                 return false;
             if (*ptr >> 6 != 2)
                 return false;
+
+            code_point <<= 6;
+            code_point |= *ptr & 63;
         }
 
+        if (!is_unicode(code_point))
+            return false;
+
         valid_bytes += code_point_length_in_bytes;
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/AK/TestUtf8.cpp b/Tests/AK/TestUtf8.cpp
index 7139c06aca..f8e4867258 100644
--- a/Tests/AK/TestUtf8.cpp
+++ b/Tests/AK/TestUtf8.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ TEST_CASE(validate_invalid_ut8)
     Utf8View utf8_4 { StringView { invalid_utf8_4 } };
     EXPECT(!utf8_4.validate(valid_bytes));
     EXPECT(valid_bytes == 0);
+
+    char invalid_utf8_5[] = { (char)0xf4, (char)0x8f, (char)0xbf, (char)0xc0, 0 }; // U+110000
+    Utf8View utf8_5 { StringView { invalid_utf8_5 } };
+    EXPECT(!utf8_5.validate(valid_bytes));
+    EXPECT(valid_bytes == 0);
+
+    char invalid_utf8_6[] = { (char)0xf4, (char)0xa1, (char)0xb0, (char)0xbd, 0 }; // U+121c3d
+    Utf8View utf8_6 { StringView { invalid_utf8_6 } };
+    EXPECT(!utf8_6.validate(valid_bytes));
+    EXPECT(valid_bytes == 0);
 }
 
 TEST_CASE(iterate_utf8)