diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index d27f6eadb1a..d9af565c4f9 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -2042,26 +2042,18 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 path: files0_from.clone(),
                 error,
             })?;
-            let f = std::str::from_utf8(&line)
-                .expect("Could not parse string from zero terminated input.");
-            match f {
-                STDIN_FILE => {
-                    return Err(SortError::MinusInStdIn.into());
-                }
-                "" => {
-                    return Err(SortError::ZeroLengthFileName {
-                        file: files0_from,
-                        line_num: line_num + 1,
-                    }
-                    .into());
+            if line.as_slice() == STDIN_FILE.as_bytes() {
+                return Err(SortError::MinusInStdIn.into());
+            }
+            if line.is_empty() {
+                return Err(SortError::ZeroLengthFileName {
+                    file: files0_from,
+                    line_num: line_num + 1,
                 }
-                _ => {}
+                .into());
             }
 
-            files.push(OsString::from(
-                std::str::from_utf8(&line)
-                    .expect("Could not parse string from zero terminated input."),
-            ));
+            files.push(uucore::os_string_from_vec(line)?);
         }
         if files.is_empty() {
             return Err(SortError::EmptyInputFile { file: files0_from }.into());
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
index 732b5c58b68..e32ef9bf018 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
@@ -1792,6 +1792,16 @@ fn test_files0_from_empty() {
         .stderr_only("sort: no input from 'file'\n");
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn test_files0_from_non_utf8_name() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["--files0-from", "-"])
+        .pipe_in(vec![0xff_u8])
+        .fails_with_code(2)
+        .stderr_contains("sort: cannot read");
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn test_files0_read_error() {