diff --git a/mozilla/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp b/mozilla/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp
index 976e4f07918..68974bad840 100644
--- a/mozilla/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp
@@ -1107,6 +1107,9 @@ nsXMLContentSink::LoadXSLStyleSheet(const nsIURL* aUrl)
       NS_NewWellFormed_DTD(&theDTD);
       parser->RegisterDTD(theDTD);
       parser->SetContentSink(sink);
+ 
+      nsAutoString utf8("UTF-8");
+      parser->SetDocumentCharset(utf8, kCharsetFromDocTypeDefault);
       parser->Parse(aUrl);
       
       // XXX Don't we have to NS_RELEASE() theDTD?
diff --git a/mozilla/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLDocument.cpp b/mozilla/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLDocument.cpp
index 867183c32ae..ad93a2fa4b1 100644
--- a/mozilla/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLDocument.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/content/xml/document/src/nsXMLDocument.cpp
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ nsXMLDocument::StartDocumentLoad(nsIURL *aUrl,
         /* Commenting out the call to RegisterDTD() as per rickg's instructions.
            XML and HTML DTD's are going to be pre-registered withing nsParser. */
         // mParser->RegisterDTD(theDTD);
+        nsAutoString utf8("utf-8");
+        mParser->SetDocumentCharset(utf8, kCharsetFromDocTypeDefault);
         mParser->SetCommand(aCommand);
         mParser->SetContentSink(sink);
         mParser->Parse(aUrl);
diff --git a/mozilla/layout/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp b/mozilla/layout/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp
index 976e4f07918..68974bad840 100644
--- a/mozilla/layout/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/layout/xml/document/src/nsXMLContentSink.cpp
@@ -1107,6 +1107,9 @@ nsXMLContentSink::LoadXSLStyleSheet(const nsIURL* aUrl)
       NS_NewWellFormed_DTD(&theDTD);
       parser->RegisterDTD(theDTD);
       parser->SetContentSink(sink);
+ 
+      nsAutoString utf8("UTF-8");
+      parser->SetDocumentCharset(utf8, kCharsetFromDocTypeDefault);
       parser->Parse(aUrl);
       
       // XXX Don't we have to NS_RELEASE() theDTD?
diff --git a/mozilla/layout/xml/document/src/nsXMLDocument.cpp b/mozilla/layout/xml/document/src/nsXMLDocument.cpp
index 867183c32ae..ad93a2fa4b1 100644
--- a/mozilla/layout/xml/document/src/nsXMLDocument.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/layout/xml/document/src/nsXMLDocument.cpp
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ nsXMLDocument::StartDocumentLoad(nsIURL *aUrl,
         /* Commenting out the call to RegisterDTD() as per rickg's instructions.
            XML and HTML DTD's are going to be pre-registered withing nsParser. */
         // mParser->RegisterDTD(theDTD);
+        nsAutoString utf8("utf-8");
+        mParser->SetDocumentCharset(utf8, kCharsetFromDocTypeDefault);
         mParser->SetCommand(aCommand);
         mParser->SetContentSink(sink);
         mParser->Parse(aUrl);