diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
index 9820435b..3d80d341 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ public class StringBlock {
 
     @VisibleForTesting
     String decodeString(int offset, int length) {
-        final ByteBuffer wrappedBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(m_strings, offset, length);
         try {
+            final ByteBuffer wrappedBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(m_strings, offset, length);
             return (m_isUTF8 ? UTF8_DECODER : UTF16LE_DECODER).decode(wrappedBuffer).toString();
         } catch (CharacterCodingException ex) {
             if (!m_isUTF8) {
@@ -295,9 +295,10 @@ public class StringBlock {
         }
 
         try {
+            final ByteBuffer wrappedBufferRetry = ByteBuffer.wrap(m_strings, offset, length);
             // in some places, Android uses 3-byte UTF-8 sequences instead of 4-bytes.
             // If decoding failed, we try to use CESU-8 decoder, which is closer to what Android actually uses.
-            return CESU8_DECODER.decode(wrappedBuffer).toString();
+            return CESU8_DECODER.decode(wrappedBufferRetry).toString();
         } catch (CharacterCodingException e) {
             LOGGER.warning("Failed to decode a string with CESU-8 decoder.");
             return null;
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlockWithSurrogatePairInUtf8Test.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlockWithSurrogatePairInUtf8Test.java
index d141500c..8294928d 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlockWithSurrogatePairInUtf8Test.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlockWithSurrogatePairInUtf8Test.java
@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@ public class StringBlockWithSurrogatePairInUtf8Test {
         // See: https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool/issues/2299
         final String actual = new StringBlock(new byte[] {	(byte) 0xED, (byte) 0xA0, (byte) 0xBD, (byte) 0xED, (byte) 0xB4, (byte) 0x86}, true).decodeString(0, 6);
         assertEquals("Incorrect decoding", "\uD83D\uDD06", actual);
+
+        // See: https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool/issues/2546
+        final byte[] bytesWithCharactersBeforeSurrogatePair = {'G', 'o', 'o', 'd', ' ', 'm', 'o', 'r', 'n', 'i', 'n', 'g', '!', ' ',
+                (byte) 0xED, (byte) 0xA0, (byte) 0xBD, (byte) 0xED, (byte) 0xB1, (byte) 0x8B,
+                ' ', 'S', 'u', 'n', ' ',
+                (byte) 0xED, (byte) 0xA0, (byte) 0xBD, (byte) 0xED, (byte) 0xBC, (byte) 0x9E
+        };
+        final String actual2 = new StringBlock(bytesWithCharactersBeforeSurrogatePair, true).decodeString(0, 31);
+
+        // D83D -> ED 0xA0 0xBD
+        // DC4B -> 0xED 0xB1 0x8B
+        // DF1E -> 0xED 0xBC 0x9E
+        assertEquals("Incorrect decoding when there are valid characters before the surrogate pair",
+                "Good morning! \uD83D\uDC4B Sun \uD83C\uDF1E", actual2);
     }
 
     @Test