diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Helpers/Truncator.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Helpers/Truncator.php
index c2e7349893..9cf27e1f6d 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Helpers/Truncator.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Helpers/Truncator.php
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ public static function truncateLetters($html, $limit = 0, $ellipsis = "")
 
         // Iterate over letters.
         $letters = new DOMLettersIterator($body);
+        $truncated = false;
         foreach ($letters as $letter) {
 
             // If we have exceeded the limit, we want to delete the remainder of this document.
@@ -111,11 +112,18 @@ public static function truncateLetters($html, $limit = 0, $ellipsis = "")
                     self::insertEllipsis($currentText[0], $ellipsis);
                 }
 
+                $truncated = true;
+
                 break;
             }
         }
 
-        return self::innerHTML($body);
+        // Return original HTML if not truncated.
+        if ($truncated) {
+            return self::innerHTML($body);
+        } else {
+            return $html;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
index 2736fd9047..02d5e158a3 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
@@ -296,10 +296,6 @@ public static function safeTruncate($string, $limit = 150)
      */
     public static function truncateHtml($text, $length = 100, $ellipsis = '...')
     {
-        if (mb_strlen($text) <= $length) {
-            return $text;
-        }
-
         return Truncator::truncateLetters($text, $length, $ellipsis);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/Grav/Common/UtilsTest.php b/tests/unit/Grav/Common/UtilsTest.php
index c4abc32ac8..bbda3be905 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Grav/Common/UtilsTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Grav/Common/UtilsTest.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public function testTruncateHtml()
         $this->assertEquals('<p>This...</p>', Utils::truncateHtml('<p>This is a string to truncate</p>', 4));
         $this->assertEquals('<p>This is a...</p>', Utils::truncateHtml('<p>This is a string to truncate</p>', 10));
         $this->assertEquals('<p>This is a string to truncate</p>', Utils::truncateHtml('<p>This is a string to truncate</p>', 100));
-        $this->assertEquals('<input type="file" id="file" multiple>', Utils::truncateHtml('<input type="file" id="file" multiple />', 6));
+        $this->assertEquals('<input type="file" id="file" multiple />', Utils::truncateHtml('<input type="file" id="file" multiple />', 6));
         $this->assertEquals('<ol><li>item 1 <i>so...</i></li></ol>', Utils::truncateHtml('<ol><li>item 1 <i>something</i></li><li>item 2 <strong>bold</strong></li></ol>', 10));
 		$this->assertEquals("<p>This is a string.</p>\n<p>It splits two lines.</p>", Utils::truncateHtml("<p>This is a string.</p>\n<p>It splits two lines.</p>", 100));
     }