diff --git a/src/popups/branchlist.rs b/src/popups/branchlist.rs
index fa66ffffad..6f3e45679d 100644
--- a/src/popups/branchlist.rs
+++ b/src/popups/branchlist.rs
@@ -503,10 +503,13 @@ impl BranchListPopup {
 			let mut commit_message =
 				displaybranch.top_commit_message.clone();
 			if commit_message.len() > commit_message_length {
-				commit_message.unicode_truncate(
-					commit_message_length
-						.saturating_sub(THREE_DOTS_LENGTH),
-				);
+				commit_message = commit_message
+					.unicode_truncate(
+						commit_message_length
+							.saturating_sub(THREE_DOTS_LENGTH),
+					)
+					.0
+					.to_string();
 				commit_message += THREE_DOTS;
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/popups/submodules.rs b/src/popups/submodules.rs
index f40fe0ba5e..86299de832 100644
--- a/src/popups/submodules.rs
+++ b/src/popups/submodules.rs
@@ -361,9 +361,12 @@ impl SubmodulesListPopup {
 				.to_string();
 
 			if module_path.len() > name_length {
-				module_path.unicode_truncate(
-					name_length.saturating_sub(THREE_DOTS_LENGTH),
-				);
+				module_path = module_path
+					.unicode_truncate(
+						name_length.saturating_sub(THREE_DOTS_LENGTH),
+					)
+					.0
+					.to_string();
 				module_path += THREE_DOTS;
 			}