1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
index 62cb951e..f22cd43e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ sub to_doc_data {
  
  sub load_from_data ($$) {
          my ($self) = $_[0]; # data = $_[1]
+        utf8::decode($_[1]);
          (
                  $self->{subject},
                  $self->{from},
@@ -67,7 +68,6 @@ sub load_expand {
          my $dt = get_val($doc, PublicInbox::Search::DT());
          my ($yyyy, $mon, $dd, $hh, $mm, $ss) = unpack('A4A2A2A2A2A2', $dt);
          $self->{ds} = timegm($ss, $mm, $hh, $dd, $mon - 1, $yyyy);
-        utf8::decode($data);
          load_from_data($self, $data);
          $self;
  }