diff --git a/wp-admin/b2header.php b/wp-admin/b2header.php
index 592a3514fe..7c12f69d32 100644
--- a/wp-admin/b2header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/b2header.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ $time_difference=get_settings('time_difference');
$date_format=stripslashes(get_settings('date_format'));
$time_format=stripslashes(get_settings('time_format'));
+$admin_area_charset = (!isset($admin_area_charset)) ? 'iso-8859-15' : $admin_area_charset;
+
// let's deactivate quicktags on IE Mac and Lynx, because they don't work there.
if (($is_macIE) || ($is_lynx))
$use_quicktags = 0;
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ if ($standalone == 0) {
WordPress > <?php bloginfo('name') ?> > <?php echo $title; ?>
-
+