diff --git a/deps/rabbit_common/src/rabbit_binary_generator.erl b/deps/rabbit_common/src/rabbit_binary_generator.erl
index eb256052c0b6..fa480394b4d9 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit_common/src/rabbit_binary_generator.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit_common/src/rabbit_binary_generator.erl
@@ -228,8 +228,5 @@ lookup_amqp_exception(Other, Protocol) ->
     {ShouldClose, Code, Text, none}.
 
 amqp_exception_explanation(Text, Expl) ->
-    ExplBin = list_to_binary(Expl),
-    CompleteTextBin = <<Text/binary, " - ", ExplBin/binary>>,
-    if size(CompleteTextBin) > 255 -> <<CompleteTextBin:252/binary, "...">>;
-       true                        -> CompleteTextBin
-    end.
+    LimitedText = io_lib:format("~ts - ~ts", [Text, Expl], [{chars_limit, 255}]),
+    unicode:characters_to_binary(LimitedText).
diff --git a/deps/rabbit_common/test/unit_SUITE.erl b/deps/rabbit_common/test/unit_SUITE.erl
index 0336bdb7fb57..deed8051303c 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit_common/test/unit_SUITE.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit_common/test/unit_SUITE.erl
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ groups() ->
             pid_decompose_compose,
             platform_and_version,
             frame_encoding_does_not_fail_with_empty_binary_payload,
+            map_exception_does_not_fail_with_unicode_explaination_case1,
+            map_exception_does_not_fail_with_unicode_explaination_case2,
             amqp_table_conversion,
             name_type,
             get_erl_path,
@@ -415,6 +417,20 @@ frame_encoding_does_not_fail_with_empty_binary_payload(_Config) ->
                     ]],
     ok.
 
+map_exception_does_not_fail_with_unicode_explaination_case1(_Config) ->
+    NonAsciiExplaination = "no queue 'non_ascii_name_😍_你好' in vhost '/'",
+    rabbit_binary_generator:map_exception(0,
+        #amqp_error{name = not_found, explanation = NonAsciiExplaination, method = 'queue.declare'},
+        rabbit_framing_amqp_0_9_1),
+    ok.
+
+map_exception_does_not_fail_with_unicode_explaination_case2(_Config) ->
+    NonAsciiExplaination = "no queue 'кролик 🐰' in vhost '/'",
+    rabbit_binary_generator:map_exception(0,
+        #amqp_error{name = not_found, explanation = NonAsciiExplaination, method = 'queue.declare'},
+        rabbit_framing_amqp_0_9_1),
+    ok.
+
 amqp_table_conversion(_Config) ->
     assert_table(#{}, []),
     assert_table(#{<<"x-expires">> => 1000},