2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index 7cfa5358c63..028a015a279 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-04-05  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
+        * nnheader.el (nnheader-init-server-buffer): Change buffer's multibyteness
+        after rather than before erasing it.
+
         * gnus-art.el (gnus-mime-replace-part): Remove unnecessary use of
         mm-with-multibyte.
         (gnus-request-article-this-buffer): Make sure the proper decoding is used
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnheader.el b/lisp/gnus/nnheader.el
index 7bb573a4950..15e6a6c093f 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnheader.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnheader.el
@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ the line could be found."
   (unless (gnus-buffer-live-p nntp-server-buffer)
     (setq nntp-server-buffer (get-buffer-create " *nntpd*")))
   (with-current-buffer nntp-server-buffer
-    (mm-enable-multibyte)
     (erase-buffer)
+    (mm-enable-multibyte)
     (kill-all-local-variables)
     (setq case-fold-search t)           ;Should ignore case.
     (set (make-local-variable 'nntp-process-response) nil)