diff -r 41300fa6a67c -r f7bc934e204c src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp
--- a/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:43:10 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp	Wed Mar 31 11:06:36 2010 +0300
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
 **
-** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
 ** All rights reserved.
 ** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
 **
@@ -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;
             }