diff --git a/mozilla/camino/src/embedding/CHBrowserView.mm b/mozilla/camino/src/embedding/CHBrowserView.mm
index a3e6f9ebb0e..5224cedecd8 100644
--- a/mozilla/camino/src/embedding/CHBrowserView.mm
+++ b/mozilla/camino/src/embedding/CHBrowserView.mm
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ const char kDirServiceContractID[] = "@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1";
 {
   // set charset on document then reload the page (hopefully not hitting the network)
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDocCharset> charset ( do_QueryInterface([self getDocShell]) );
-  if ( charset ) {
+  if ( charset && inCharset ) {
     charset->SetCharset([inCharset cString]);
     [self reload:nsIWebNavigation::LOAD_FLAGS_CHARSET_CHANGE];
   }