diff --git a/profiles/audio/mcp.c b/profiles/audio/mcp.c
index d3ccb97..5fe7ef8 100644
--- a/profiles/audio/mcp.c
+++ b/profiles/audio/mcp.c
@@ -72,21 +72,12 @@ static void mcp_debug(const char *str, void *user_data)
 static char *name2utf8(const uint8_t *name, uint16_t len)
 {
 	char utf8_name[HCI_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 2];
-	int i;
-
-	if (g_utf8_validate((const char *) name, len, NULL))
-		return g_strndup((char *) name, len);
 
 	len = MIN(len, sizeof(utf8_name) - 1);
 
 	memset(utf8_name, 0, sizeof(utf8_name));
 	strncpy(utf8_name, (char *) name, len);
-
-	/* Assume ASCII, and replace all non-ASCII with spaces */
-	for (i = 0; utf8_name[i] != '\0'; i++) {
-		if (!isascii(utf8_name[i]))
-			utf8_name[i] = ' ';
-	}
+	strtoutf8(utf8_name, len);
 
 	/* Remove leading and trailing whitespace characters */
 	g_strstrip(utf8_name);