diff -r 3b1da2848fc7 -r d3bac044e0f0 src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp
--- a/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp	Fri Feb 19 23:40:16 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp	Fri Mar 12 15:46:37 2010 +0200
@@ -326,11 +326,11 @@
                 ch.setCell(*chars++);
             }
             if (!headerdone) {
+                headerdone = true;
                 if (endian == DetectEndianness) {
-                    if (ch == QChar::ByteOrderSwapped && endian != BigEndianness) {
+                    if (ch == QChar::ByteOrderSwapped) {
                         endian = LittleEndianness;
-                    } else if (ch == QChar::ByteOrderMark && endian != LittleEndianness) {
-                        // ignore BOM
+                    } else if (ch == QChar::ByteOrderMark) {
                         endian = BigEndianness;
                     } else {
                         if (QSysInfo::ByteOrder == QSysInfo::BigEndian) {
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@
                 } else if (ch != QChar::ByteOrderMark) {
                     *qch++ = ch;
                 }
-                headerdone = true;
             } else {
                 *qch++ = ch;
             }