diff --git a/contrib/gconv/arib-std-b24.c b/contrib/gconv/arib-std-b24.c
index 704c2d48c738c9d65f0e109d59a088d1a4899dcc..56e46612aa2865bb8f0e7ff636f8d6b9b943fb20 100644
--- a/contrib/gconv/arib-std-b24.c
+++ b/contrib/gconv/arib-std-b24.c
@@ -494,8 +494,10 @@ b24_char_conv (int set, unsigned char c1, unsigned char c2, uint32_t *out)
 
 	    return 1;
 	  }
-	if (set == EXTRA_SYMBOLS_set)
-	  return 0;
+	/* Some ARIB strings somehow require that
+	 * EXTRA_SYMBOLS codepoints fallback to KANJI_set.
+	 * so just fall through here.
+	 */
 
 	/* non-JISX0213 modification. (combining chars) */
 	if (c1 == 0x22 && c2 == 0x7e)