diff --git a/Zend/zend_multibyte.c b/Zend/zend_multibyte.c
index 0843413d05f..3ca5191c004 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_multibyte.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_multibyte.c
@@ -530,7 +530,8 @@ static size_t dummy_encoding_oddlen(const unsigned char *string, size_t length,
 
 static int dummy_encoding_list_checker(const char *encoding_list TSRMLS_DC)
 {
-	return 0;
+	/* ignore encoding */
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static const char* dummy_get_internal_encoding(TSRMLS_D)