diff --git a/src/nu/validator/htmlparser/io/HtmlInputStreamReader.java b/src/nu/validator/htmlparser/io/HtmlInputStreamReader.java
index 21530e65..e72822ff 100755
--- a/src/nu/validator/htmlparser/io/HtmlInputStreamReader.java
+++ b/src/nu/validator/htmlparser/io/HtmlInputStreamReader.java
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ public HtmlInputStreamReader(InputStream inputStream,
             } else {
                 err(Encoding.msgLegacyEncoding(encoding.getCanonName()));
                 if (driver != null) {
-                    driver.setEncoding(Encoding.UTF16, Confidence.CERTAIN);
+                    // XXX Why did we do driver.setEncoding(encoding.UTF16... ?
+                    driver.setEncoding(encoding, Confidence.CERTAIN);
                 }
             }
         }