diff --git a/patches/monero/0001-polyseed.patch b/patches/monero/0001-polyseed.patch
index 9e3c061..5a39c36 100644
--- a/patches/monero/0001-polyseed.patch
+++ b/patches/monero/0001-polyseed.patch
@@ -517,14 +517,14 @@ index 000000000..b26f37574
 +      utf8proc_ssize_t result;
 +
 +      result = utf8proc_decompose(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str), 0, buffer, POLYSEED_STR_SIZE, options);
-+      if (result < 0) {
-+        return POLYSEED_STR_SIZE;
++      if (result < 0 || result > (POLYSEED_STR_SIZE - 1)) {
++        throw std::runtime_error("Unicode normalization failed");
 +      }
-+      if (result > POLYSEED_STR_SIZE - 1) {
-+        return result;
-+      }
-+
++            
 +      result = utf8proc_reencode(buffer, result, options);
++      if (result < 0 || result > POLYSEED_STR_SIZE) {
++        throw std::runtime_error("Unicode normalization failed");
++      }
 +
 +      strcpy(norm, reinterpret_cast<const char*>(buffer));
 +      sodium_memzero(buffer, POLYSEED_STR_SIZE);