diff --git a/ext/json/parser/parser.c b/ext/json/parser/parser.c
index c21a5fda5f..776eb916f0 100644
--- a/ext/json/parser/parser.c
+++ b/ext/json/parser/parser.c
@@ -454,15 +454,24 @@ RBIMPL_ATTR_NORETURN()
 #endif
 static void raise_parse_error(const char *format, const char *start)
 {
-    char buffer[PARSE_ERROR_FRAGMENT_LEN + 1];
+    unsigned char buffer[PARSE_ERROR_FRAGMENT_LEN + 1];
 
     size_t len = start ? strnlen(start, PARSE_ERROR_FRAGMENT_LEN) : 0;
     const char *ptr = start;
 
     if (len == PARSE_ERROR_FRAGMENT_LEN) {
         MEMCPY(buffer, start, char, PARSE_ERROR_FRAGMENT_LEN);
-        buffer[PARSE_ERROR_FRAGMENT_LEN] = '\0';
-        ptr = buffer;
+
+        while (buffer[len - 1] >= 0x80 && buffer[len - 1] < 0xC0) { // Is continuation byte
+            len--;
+        }
+
+        if (buffer[len - 1] >= 0xC0) { // multibyte character start
+            len--;
+        }
+
+        buffer[len] = '\0';
+        ptr = (const char *)buffer;
     }
 
     rb_enc_raise(enc_utf8, rb_path2class("JSON::ParserError"), format, ptr);
diff --git a/test/json/json_parser_test.rb b/test/json/json_parser_test.rb
index d1f084bb63..ae0f285d32 100644
--- a/test/json/json_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/json/json_parser_test.rb
@@ -645,6 +645,22 @@ class JSONParserTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_parse_error_snippet
+    omit "C ext only test" unless RUBY_ENGINE == "ruby"
+
+    error = assert_raise(JSON::ParserError) { JSON.parse("あああああああああああああああああああああああ") }
+    assert_equal "unexpected character: 'ああああああああああ'", error.message
+
+    error = assert_raise(JSON::ParserError) { JSON.parse("aあああああああああああああああああああああああ") }
+    assert_equal "unexpected character: 'aああああああああああ'", error.message
+
+    error = assert_raise(JSON::ParserError) { JSON.parse("abあああああああああああああああああああああああ") }
+    assert_equal "unexpected character: 'abあああああああああ'", error.message
+
+    error = assert_raise(JSON::ParserError) { JSON.parse("abcあああああああああああああああああああああああ") }
+    assert_equal "unexpected character: 'abcあああああああああ'", error.message
+  end
+
   def test_parse_leading_slash
     # ref: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/12598
     assert_raise(JSON::ParserError) do