1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nndoc.el b/lisp/gnus/nndoc.el
index 8960b3d7aa9..81431270d7c 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nndoc.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nndoc.el
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ from the document.")
             nndoc-group-alist)
       (setq nndoc-dissection-alist nil)
       (with-current-buffer nndoc-current-buffer
-        (set-buffer-multibyte nil)
         (erase-buffer)
+        (set-buffer-multibyte nil)
         (condition-case error
             (if (and (stringp nndoc-address)
                      (string-match nndoc-binary-file-names nndoc-address))