diff --git a/modules/statistics/statistics.module b/modules/statistics/statistics.module
index 0ba9d7f..2cbe94b 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/statistics.module
+++ b/modules/statistics/statistics.module
@@ -75,10 +75,13 @@ function statistics_exit() {
   }
   if (variable_get('statistics_enable_access_log', 0)) {
     drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_SESSION);
+
+    // For anonymous users unicode.inc will not have been loaded.
+    include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/unicode.inc';
     // Log this page access.
     db_insert('accesslog')
       ->fields(array(
-        'title' => strip_tags(drupal_get_title()),
+        'title' => truncate_utf8(strip_tags(drupal_get_title()), 255),
         'path' => $_GET['q'],
         'url' => isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] : '',
         'hostname' => ip_address(),
diff --git a/modules/statistics/statistics.test b/modules/statistics/statistics.test
index 126828f..1b7f8ac 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/statistics.test
+++ b/modules/statistics/statistics.test
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ class StatisticsLoggingTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
   function setUp() {
     parent::setUp('statistics');
 
+    $this->auth_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('access content', 'create page content', 'edit own page content'));
+
     // Ensure we have a node page to access.
-    $this->node = $this->drupalCreateNode();
-    $this->auth_user = $this->drupalCreateUser();
+    $this->node = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('title' => $this->randomName(255), 'uid' => $this->auth_user->uid));
 
     // Enable page caching.
     variable_set('cache', TRUE);
@@ -116,6 +117,17 @@ class StatisticsLoggingTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertEqual(array_intersect_key($log[5], $expected), $expected);
     $node_counter = statistics_get($this->node->nid);
     $this->assertIdentical($node_counter['totalcount'], '3');
+
+    // Visit edit page to generate a title greater than 255.
+    $path = 'node/' . $this->node->nid . '/edit';
+    $expected = array(
+      'title' => truncate_utf8(t('Edit Basic page') . ' ' . $this->node->title, 255),
+      'path' => $path,
+    );
+    $this->drupalGet($path);
+    $log = db_query('SELECT * FROM {accesslog}')->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+    $this->assertTrue(is_array($log) && count($log) == 7, t('Page request was logged.'));
+    $this->assertEqual(array_intersect_key($log[6], $expected), $expected);
   }
 }