diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index ec95ac4904..db1b0701fd 100644
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ jQuery.extend({
 		if ( s.dataType === "script" && type === "GET" && remote ) {
 			var head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0] || document.documentElement;
 			var script = document.createElement("script");
-			script.src = s.url;
 			if ( s.scriptCharset ) {
 				script.charset = s.scriptCharset;
 			}
+			script.src = s.url;
 
 			// Handle Script loading
 			if ( !jsonp ) {