diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d8cefd9a97..2be46933b0 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -14894,6 +14894,7 @@ tests/webtbs/tw29096.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw2911.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw2912.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw2913.pp svneol=native#text/plain
+tests/webtbs/tw29153.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw2916.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw2920.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw2923.pp svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/compiler/ngtcon.pas b/compiler/ngtcon.pas
index 8b4b544c0d..b6eb9ebcb9 100644
--- a/compiler/ngtcon.pas
+++ b/compiler/ngtcon.pas
@@ -461,7 +461,6 @@ function get_next_varsym(def: tabstractrecorddef; const SymList:TFPHashObjectLis
       var
         strlength : aint;
         strval    : pchar;
-        strch     : char;
         ll        : tasmlabofs;
         ca        : pchar;
         winlike   : boolean;
@@ -470,7 +469,8 @@ function get_next_varsym(def: tabstractrecorddef; const SymList:TFPHashObjectLis
         strval:='';
         { load strval and strlength of the constant tree }
         if (node.nodetype=stringconstn) or is_wide_or_unicode_string(def) or is_constwidecharnode(node) or
-          ((node.nodetype=typen) and is_interfacecorba(ttypenode(node).typedef)) then
+          ((node.nodetype=typen) and is_interfacecorba(ttypenode(node).typedef)) or
+          is_constcharnode(node) then
           begin
             { convert to the expected string type so that
               for widestrings strval is a pcompilerwidestring }
@@ -497,14 +497,6 @@ function get_next_varsym(def: tabstractrecorddef; const SymList:TFPHashObjectLis
                   CGMessage(parser_e_widestring_to_ansi_compile_time);
               end;
           end
-        else if is_constcharnode(node) then
-          begin
-            { strval:=pchar(@tordconstnode(node).value);
-              THIS FAIL on BIG_ENDIAN MACHINES PM }
-            strch:=chr(tordconstnode(node).value.svalue and $ff);
-            strval:=@strch;
-            strlength:=1
-          end
         else if is_constresourcestringnode(node) then
           begin
             hsym:=tconstsym(tloadnode(node).symtableentry);
diff --git a/tests/webtbs/tw29153.pp b/tests/webtbs/tw29153.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..944b053dcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/webtbs/tw29153.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+program bug;
+{$IFDEF FPC}
+{$CODEPAGE UTF8}
+{$ENDIF}
+const
+  c1: RawByteString = 'a';
+  c2: RawByteString = 'aa';
+  c3: RawByteString = 'aaa';
+begin
+  writeln(StringCodePage(c1));
+  writeln(StringCodePage(c2));
+  writeln(StringCodePage(c3));
+  if stringcodepage(c1)<>CP_UTF8 then
+    halt(1);
+  if stringcodepage(c2)<>CP_UTF8 then
+    halt(2);
+  if stringcodepage(c3)<>CP_UTF8 then
+    halt(3);
+
+  c1:='a';
+  c2:='aa';
+  c3:='aaa';
+  writeln(StringCodePage(c1));
+  writeln(StringCodePage(c2));
+  writeln(StringCodePage(c3));
+  if stringcodepage(c1)<>CP_UTF8 then
+    halt(4);
+  if stringcodepage(c2)<>CP_UTF8 then
+    halt(5);
+  if stringcodepage(c3)<>CP_UTF8 then
+    halt(6);
+end.