diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
index b691acf..4f72553 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function statistics_exit() {
     db_insert('accesslog')
       ->fields(array(
         'title' => truncate_utf8(strip_tags(drupal_get_title()), 255),
-        'path' => substr($_GET['q'], 0, 255),
+        'path' => truncate_utf8($_GET['q'], 255),
         'url' => isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] : '',
         'hostname' => ip_address(),
         'uid' => $user->uid,
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.test b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.test
index f1db4f5..a014767 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.test
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.test
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class StatisticsLoggingTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->drupalGet($long_path);
     $log = db_query('SELECT * FROM {accesslog}')->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
     $this->assertTrue(is_array($log) && count($log) == 8, 'Page request was logged for a path over 255 characters.');
-    $this->assertEqual($log[7]['path'], substr($long_path, 0, 255));
+    $this->assertEqual($log[7]['path'], truncate_utf8($long_path, 255));
 
   }
 }