diff --git a/browse_foreigners.php b/browse_foreigners.php
index 0b104841fe..c31d74ca8a 100644
--- a/browse_foreigners.php
+++ b/browse_foreigners.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if (is_array($foreignData['disp_row'])) {
 
 <head>
     <title>phpMyAdmin</title>
-    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=<?php echo $charset; ?>" />
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
         href="phpmyadmin.css.php?<?php echo PMA_generate_common_url('', ''); ?>&amp;js_frame=right&amp;nocache=<?php echo $GLOBALS['PMA_Config']->getThemeUniqueValue(); ?>" />
 <?php
