diff --git a/nel/include/nel/misc/utf_string_view.h b/nel/include/nel/misc/utf_string_view.h
index 309377578..5b349a2d8 100644
--- a/nel/include/nel/misc/utf_string_view.h
+++ b/nel/include/nel/misc/utf_string_view.h
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ public:
 	static void append(IStream &s, u32char c);
 	static u32char get(IStream &s);
 
-	/// Get an UTF-8 string from an undefined ASCII-based codepage
-	static std::string fromAscii(std::string &str);
+	/// Get an UTF-8 string from an undefined ASCII-based codepage, without attempting to convert non-7-bit characters
+	static std::string fromAscii(const std::string &str);
 
 private:
 	typedef u32char (*TIterator)(const void **addr);
diff --git a/nel/src/misc/utf_string_view.cpp b/nel/src/misc/utf_string_view.cpp
index dd7a88868..5fedc5328 100644
--- a/nel/src/misc/utf_string_view.cpp
+++ b/nel/src/misc/utf_string_view.cpp
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ std::string CUtfStringView::toAscii() const
 	return res;
 }
 
-std::string CUtfStringView::fromAscii(std::string &str)
+std::string CUtfStringView::fromAscii(const std::string &str)
 {
 	std::string res;
 	res.reserve(str.size());
-	for (std::string::iterator it(str.begin()), end(str.end()); it != end; ++it)
+	for (std::string::const_iterator it(str.begin()), end(str.end()); it != end; ++it)
 	{
 		unsigned char c = *it;
 		if (c < 0x80)
diff --git a/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/music_player.cpp b/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/music_player.cpp
index 90eee9a0b..e211bb9d2 100644
--- a/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/music_player.cpp
+++ b/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/music_player.cpp
@@ -582,19 +582,18 @@ static void addFromPlaylist(const std::string &playlist, const std::vector<std::
 
 			// id a UTF-8 BOM header is present, parse as UTF-8
 			if (!useUtf8 && lineStr.length() >= 3 && memcmp(line, utf8Header, 3) == 0)
+			{
 				useUtf8 = true;
+				lineStr = trim(std::string(line + 3));
+			}
 
 			if (!useUtf8)
 			{
 				lineStr = NLMISC::mbcsToUtf8(line); // Attempt local codepage first
 				if (lineStr.empty())
-					lineStr = CUtfStringView::fromAscii(std::string(line));
+					lineStr = CUtfStringView::fromAscii(std::string(line)); // Fallback
 				lineStr = trim(lineStr);
 			}
-			else
-			{
-				lineStr = trim(std::string(line + 3));
-			}
 
 			lineStr = CUtfStringView(lineStr).toUtf8(true); // Re-encode external string