diff --git a/ext/standard/html.c b/ext/standard/html.c
index fb785e42d1a..8a32b3bfd89 100644
--- a/ext/standard/html.c
+++ b/ext/standard/html.c
@@ -1135,9 +1135,7 @@ PHPAPI char *php_escape_html_entities_ex(unsigned char *old, int oldlen, int *ne
 		if(status == FAILURE) {
 			/* invalid MB sequence */
 			efree(replaced);
-			if(!PG(display_errors)) {
-				php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "Invalid multibyte sequence in argument");
-			}
+			php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "Invalid multibyte sequence in argument");
 			*newlen = 0;
 			return STR_EMPTY_ALLOC();
 		}