--- libxml2-2.11.4/python/libxml.c.orig	2023-04-11 14:19:21.000000000 +0200
+++ libxml2-2.11.4/python/libxml.c	2023-06-21 10:57:38.374264200 +0200
@@ -1606,6 +1606,7 @@
     PyObject *message;
     PyObject *result;
     char str[1000];
+    unsigned char *ptr = (unsigned char *)str;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_ERROR
     printf("libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(%p, %s, ...) called\n", ctx, msg);
@@ -1622,12 +1623,20 @@
 	    str[999] = 0;
         va_end(ap);
 
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+        /* Ensure the error string doesn't start at UTF8 continuation. */
+        while (*ptr && (*ptr & 0xc0) == 0x80)
+            ptr++;
+#endif
+
         list = PyTuple_New(2);
         PyTuple_SetItem(list, 0, libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncCtxt);
         Py_XINCREF(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncCtxt);
-        message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(str);
+        message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(ptr);
         PyTuple_SetItem(list, 1, message);
         result = PyObject_CallObject(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncHandler, list);
+        /* Forget any errors caused in the error handler. */
+        PyErr_Clear();
         Py_XDECREF(list);
         Py_XDECREF(result);
     }