1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ext/Encode/Encode.pm b/ext/Encode/Encode.pm
index 20843545da..8a9cc009ed 100644
--- a/ext/Encode/Encode.pm
+++ b/ext/Encode/Encode.pm
@@ -243,16 +243,19 @@ sub getEncoding
     {
 	return $encoding{$lc};
     }
+
+    my $oc = $class->findAlias($name);
+    return $oc if defined $oc;
+
+    $oc = $class->findAlias($lc) if $lc ne $name;
+    return $oc if defined $oc;
+
     if (exists $external_tables{$lc})
     {
 	require $external_tables{$lc};
 	return $encoding{$name} if exists $encoding{$name};
     }
 
-    my $oc = $class->findAlias($name);
-    return $oc if defined $oc;
-    return $class->findAlias($lc) if $lc ne $name;
-
     return;
 }