diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php b/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
index 8100703d..fb664ba3 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
@@ -2809,9 +2809,8 @@ class SSH2
         if (($this->bitmap & self::MASK_CONNECTED) && ($this->bitmap & self::MASK_LOGIN)) {
             switch (ord($payload[0])) {
                 case NET_SSH2_MSG_GLOBAL_REQUEST: // see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4254#section-4
-                    $this->_string_shift($payload, 1);
-                    extract(unpack('Nlength', $this->_string_shift($payload)));
-                    $this->errors[] = 'SSH_MSG_GLOBAL_REQUEST: ' . utf8_decode($this->_string_shift($payload, $length));
+                    extract(unpack('Nlength', $this->_string_shift($payload, 4)));
+                    $this->errors[] = 'SSH_MSG_GLOBAL_REQUEST: ' . $this->_string_shift($payload, $length);
 
                     if (!$this->_send_binary_packet(pack('C', NET_SSH2_MSG_REQUEST_FAILURE))) {
                         return $this->_disconnect(NET_SSH2_DISCONNECT_BY_APPLICATION);