diff --git a/src/stdlib/SDL_iconv.c b/src/stdlib/SDL_iconv.c
index 834652bf0..4fb0f8248 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/SDL_iconv.c
+++ b/src/stdlib/SDL_iconv.c
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ SDL_iconv_string(const char *tocode, const char *fromcode, const char *inbuf,
             tocode = "UTF-8";
         }
         if (!fromcode || !*fromcode) {
-            tocode = "UTF-8";
+            fromcode = "UTF-8";
         }
         cd = SDL_iconv_open(tocode, fromcode);
     }