diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/font.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/font.c
index 500fed8831a..ee81ce9dddb 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/font.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/font.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void
 chtoutf8(unsigned long c, char *o)
 {
 	// Variables and initialization
-	memset(o, 0, 16);
+/*	memset(o, 0, 16);	*/
 
 	// Create the utf-8 string
 	if (c < 0x80)