diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
index 7ae491b38..15637e7ac 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public void save() throws IOException {
 			bos.write(0xEF);
 			bos.write(0xBB);
 			bos.write(0xBF);
-			bos.write(text.getBytes(RawParseUtils.UTF8_CHARSET));
+			bos.write(text.getBytes(RawParseUtils.UTF8_CHARSET.name()));
 			out = bos.toByteArray();
 		} else {
 			out = Constants.encode(text);