diff --git a/src/jsx_decoder.erl b/src/jsx_decoder.erl
index 81f06ba..de8e1af 100644
--- a/src/jsx_decoder.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_decoder.erl
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ string(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) ->
 string(<<?rsolidus/utf8, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) ->
     unescape(Rest, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config);
 string(<<X/utf8, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config=#config{uescape=true}) when X >= 16#80 ->
-    string(Rest, Handler, [Acc, maybe_replace(X, Config)], Stack, Config);
+    string(Rest, Handler, [Acc, json_escape_sequence(X)], Stack, Config);
 string(<<X/utf8, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) when X == 16#2028; X == 16#2029 ->
     string(Rest, Handler, [Acc, maybe_replace(X, Config)], Stack, Config);
 string(<<_/utf8, _/binary>> = Bin, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) ->
@@ -761,9 +761,6 @@ maybe_replace(X, Config=#config{escaped_strings=true})  when X == 16#2028; X ==
     end;
 maybe_replace(X, #config{escaped_strings=true}) when X < 32 ->
     json_escape_sequence(X);
-%% escaped even if no other escaping requested!
-maybe_replace(X, #config{uescape=true}) when X >= 16#80 ->
-    json_escape_sequence(X);
 maybe_replace(X, _Config) -> <<X/utf8>>.
 
 
diff --git a/src/jsx_parser.erl b/src/jsx_parser.erl
index 7a8f230..e99ef53 100644
--- a/src/jsx_parser.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_parser.erl
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ clean(<<47, Rest/binary>>, Acc, Config) ->
 clean(<<92, Rest/binary>>, Acc, Config) ->
     clean(Rest, [Acc, maybe_replace(92, Config)], Config);
 clean(<<X/utf8, Rest/binary>>, Acc, Config=#config{uescape=true}) when X >= 16#80 ->
-    clean(Rest, [Acc, maybe_replace(X, Config)], Config);
+    clean(Rest, [Acc, json_escape_sequence(X)], Config);
 clean(<<X/utf8, Rest/binary>>, Acc, Config) when X == 16#2028; X == 16#2029 ->
     clean(Rest, [Acc, maybe_replace(X, Config)], Config);
 clean(<<_/utf8, _/binary>> = Bin, Acc, Config) ->
@@ -489,9 +489,6 @@ maybe_replace($\\, #config{escaped_strings=true}) ->
     [$\\, $\\];
 maybe_replace(X, #config{escaped_strings=true}) when X < 32 ->
     json_escape_sequence(X);
-%% escaped even if no other escaping was requested!
-maybe_replace(X, #config{uescape=true}) when X >= 16#80 ->
-    json_escape_sequence(X);
 maybe_replace(X, Config=#config{escaped_strings=true})  when X == 16#2028; X == 16#2029 ->
     case Config#config.unescaped_jsonp of
         true -> [<<X/utf8>>];