diff --git a/libutils/String8.cpp b/libutils/String8.cpp
index ad45282..cacaf91 100644
--- a/libutils/String8.cpp
+++ b/libutils/String8.cpp
@@ -104,20 +104,21 @@
 {
     if (len == 0) return getEmptyString();
 
-    const ssize_t bytes = utf16_to_utf8_length(in, len);
-    if (bytes < 0) {
+     // Allow for closing '\0'
+    const ssize_t resultStrLen = utf16_to_utf8_length(in, len) + 1;
+    if (resultStrLen < 1) {
         return getEmptyString();
     }
 
-    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc(bytes+1);
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc(resultStrLen);
     ALOG_ASSERT(buf, "Unable to allocate shared buffer");
     if (!buf) {
         return getEmptyString();
     }
 
-    char* str = (char*)buf->data();
-    utf16_to_utf8(in, len, str);
-    return str;
+    char* resultStr = (char*)buf->data();
+    utf16_to_utf8(in, len, resultStr, resultStrLen);
+    return resultStr;
 }
 
 static char* allocFromUTF32(const char32_t* in, size_t len)
@@ -126,21 +127,21 @@
         return getEmptyString();
     }
 
-    const ssize_t bytes = utf32_to_utf8_length(in, len);
-    if (bytes < 0) {
+    const ssize_t resultStrLen = utf32_to_utf8_length(in, len) + 1;
+    if (resultStrLen < 1) {
         return getEmptyString();
     }
 
-    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc(bytes+1);
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc(resultStrLen);
     ALOG_ASSERT(buf, "Unable to allocate shared buffer");
     if (!buf) {
         return getEmptyString();
     }
 
-    char* str = (char*) buf->data();
-    utf32_to_utf8(in, len, str);
+    char* resultStr = (char*) buf->data();
+    utf32_to_utf8(in, len, resultStr, resultStrLen);
 
-    return str;
+    return resultStr;
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/libutils/Unicode.cpp b/libutils/Unicode.cpp
index 1aca8e7..5f96efa 100644
--- a/libutils/Unicode.cpp
+++ b/libutils/Unicode.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <log/log.h>
 #include <utils/Unicode.h>
 
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
-void utf32_to_utf8(const char32_t* src, size_t src_len, char* dst)
+void utf32_to_utf8(const char32_t* src, size_t src_len, char* dst, size_t dst_len)
 {
     if (src == NULL || src_len == 0 || dst == NULL) {
         return;
@@ -194,9 +195,12 @@
     char *cur = dst;
     while (cur_utf32 < end_utf32) {
         size_t len = utf32_codepoint_utf8_length(*cur_utf32);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(dst_len < len, "%zu < %zu", dst_len, len);
         utf32_codepoint_to_utf8((uint8_t *)cur, *cur_utf32++, len);
         cur += len;
+        dst_len -= len;
     }
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(dst_len < 1, "dst_len < 1: %zu < 1", dst_len);
     *cur = '\0';
 }
 
@@ -349,7 +353,7 @@
            : 0);
 }
 
-void utf16_to_utf8(const char16_t* src, size_t src_len, char* dst)
+void utf16_to_utf8(const char16_t* src, size_t src_len, char* dst, size_t dst_len)
 {
     if (src == NULL || src_len == 0 || dst == NULL) {
         return;
@@ -370,9 +374,12 @@
             utf32 = (char32_t) *cur_utf16++;
         }
         const size_t len = utf32_codepoint_utf8_length(utf32);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(dst_len < len, "%zu < %zu", dst_len, len);
         utf32_codepoint_to_utf8((uint8_t*)cur, utf32, len);
         cur += len;
+        dst_len -= len;
     }
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(dst_len < 1, "%zu < 1", dst_len);
     *cur = '\0';
 }
 
@@ -433,10 +440,10 @@
     const char16_t* const end = src + src_len;
     while (src < end) {
         if ((*src & 0xFC00) == 0xD800 && (src + 1) < end
-                && (*++src & 0xFC00) == 0xDC00) {
+                && (*(src + 1) & 0xFC00) == 0xDC00) {
             // surrogate pairs are always 4 bytes.
             ret += 4;
-            src++;
+            src += 2;
         } else {
             ret += utf32_codepoint_utf8_length((char32_t) *src++);
         }
diff --git a/libutils/tests/String8_test.cpp b/libutils/tests/String8_test.cpp
index 01e64f6..3947a5f 100644
--- a/libutils/tests/String8_test.cpp
+++ b/libutils/tests/String8_test.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define LOG_TAG "String8_test"
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 #include <utils/String8.h>
+#include <utils/String16.h>
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
@@ -77,4 +78,22 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(NO_MEMORY, String8("").setTo(in, SIZE_MAX));
 }
 
+// http://b/29250543
+TEST_F(String8Test, CorrectInvalidSurrogate) {
+    // d841d8 is an invalid start for a surrogate pair. Make sure this is handled by ignoring the
+    // first character in the pair and handling the rest correctly.
+    String16 string16(u"\xd841\xd841\xdc41\x0000");
+    String8 string8(string16);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(4U, string8.length());
+}
+
+TEST_F(String8Test, CheckUtf32Conversion) {
+    // Since bound checks were added, check the conversion can be done without fatal errors.
+    // The utf8 lengths of these are chars are 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10.
+    const char32_t string32[] = U"\x0000007f\x000007ff\x0000911\x0010fffe";
+    String8 string8(string32);
+    EXPECT_EQ(10U, string8.length());
+}
+
 }