1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 5f3617556b..e043e99e2e 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -10580,7 +10580,7 @@ parser_initialize(struct parser_params *parser)
 #ifdef YYMALLOC
     parser->heap = NULL;
 #endif
-    parser->enc = rb_usascii_encoding();
+    parser->enc = rb_utf8_encoding();
 }
 
 #ifdef RIPPER