diff --git a/modules/member/member.admin.controller.php b/modules/member/member.admin.controller.php
index 7ab17a4f0..80934fbee 100644
--- a/modules/member/member.admin.controller.php
+++ b/modules/member/member.admin.controller.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class memberAdminController extends member
 		{
 			if(isset($args->{$val}))
 			{
-				$args->{$val} = preg_replace('/[\pZ\pC]+/u', '', html_entity_decode($args->{$val}));
+				$args->{$val} = preg_replace('/[\pZ\pC]+/u', '', utf8_clean(html_entity_decode($args->{$val})));
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/modules/member/member.controller.php b/modules/member/member.controller.php
index ad655d566..9a0eb62d4 100644
--- a/modules/member/member.controller.php
+++ b/modules/member/member.controller.php
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ class memberController extends member
 		{
 			if(isset($args->{$val}))
 			{
-				$args->{$val} = preg_replace('/[\pZ\pC]+/u', '', html_entity_decode($args->{$val}));
+				$args->{$val} = preg_replace('/[\pZ\pC]+/u', '', utf8_clean(html_entity_decode($args->{$val})));
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ class memberController extends member
 		{
 			if(isset($args->{$val}))
 			{
-				$args->{$val} = preg_replace('/[\pZ\pC]+/u', '', html_entity_decode($args->{$val}));
+				$args->{$val} = preg_replace('/[\pZ\pC]+/u', '', utf8_clean(html_entity_decode($args->{$val})));
 			}
 		}