1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/notes.c b/notes.c
index 93e9868d5d..e48f6604d8 100644
--- a/notes.c
+++ b/notes.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ void format_note(struct notes_tree *t, const unsigned char *object_sha1,
 	}
 
 	if (output_encoding && *output_encoding &&
-			strcmp(utf8, output_encoding)) {
+	    !is_encoding_utf8(output_encoding)) {
 		char *reencoded = reencode_string(msg, output_encoding, utf8);
 		if (reencoded) {
 			free(msg);