diff --git a/edit/edit.c b/edit/edit.c
index 1becc41bf..bb9fc29f0 100644
--- a/edit/edit.c
+++ b/edit/edit.c
@@ -564,6 +564,9 @@ edit_load_file (WEdit *edit)
 	/* If fast load was used, the number of lines wasn't calculated */
 	edit->total_lines = edit_count_lines (edit, 0, edit->last_byte);
     } else {
+#ifdef HAVE_CHARSET
+	const char *codepage_id;
+#endif
 	edit->last_byte = 0;
 	if (*edit->filename) {
 	    edit->stack_disable = 1;
@@ -573,6 +576,11 @@ edit_load_file (WEdit *edit)
 	    }
 	    edit->stack_disable = 0;
 	}
+#ifdef HAVE_CHARSET
+	codepage_id = get_codepage_id( source_codepage );
+	if ( codepage_id )
+	    edit->utf8 = str_isutf8 ( codepage_id );
+#endif
     }
     return 0;
 }