diff --git a/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp b/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
index 53694175d445..3a38a2cf07cb 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
@@ -3220,7 +3220,7 @@ nsDocument::SaveFile(nsFileSpec*     aFileSpec,
 	     charsetStr.AssignWithConversion("ISO-8859-1"); 
 	  }
   }
-  encoder->SetCharset(aSaveCharset);
+  encoder->SetCharset(charsetStr);
 
   rv = encoder->EncodeToStream(stream.GetIStream());
 
diff --git a/layout/base/src/nsDocument.cpp b/layout/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
index 53694175d445..3a38a2cf07cb 100644
--- a/layout/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
+++ b/layout/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
@@ -3220,7 +3220,7 @@ nsDocument::SaveFile(nsFileSpec*     aFileSpec,
 	     charsetStr.AssignWithConversion("ISO-8859-1"); 
 	  }
   }
-  encoder->SetCharset(aSaveCharset);
+  encoder->SetCharset(charsetStr);
 
   rv = encoder->EncodeToStream(stream.GetIStream());