diff --git a/lib/Cake/I18n/I18n.php b/lib/Cake/I18n/I18n.php
index 7678ba6aed5..862414b7cc0 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/I18n/I18n.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/I18n/I18n.php
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@
 App::uses('L10n', 'I18n');
 App::uses('Multibyte', 'I18n');
 
-if (function_exists('mb_internal_encoding')) {
-	$encoding = Configure::read('App.encoding');
-	if (!empty($encoding)) {
-		mb_internal_encoding($encoding);
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * I18n handles translation of Text and time format strings.
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/bootstrap.php b/lib/Cake/bootstrap.php
index 2c013b2d5e8..cd537cb5c71 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/bootstrap.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/bootstrap.php
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@
 
 Configure::bootstrap(isset($boot) ? $boot : true);
 
+if (function_exists('mb_internal_encoding')) {
+	$encoding = Configure::read('App.encoding');
+	if (!empty($encoding)) {
+		mb_internal_encoding($encoding);
+	}
+}
 
 /**
  *  Full url prefix