diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/MemoryAttribute.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/MemoryAttribute.java
index 0b23407a58..53927426ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/MemoryAttribute.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/MemoryAttribute.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class MemoryAttribute extends AbstractMemoryHttpData implements Attribute
         if (value == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("value");
         }
-        byte [] bytes = value.getBytes(charset.name());
+        byte [] bytes = value.getBytes(charset);
         ChannelBuffer buffer = ChannelBuffers.wrappedBuffer(bytes);
         if (definedSize > 0) {
             definedSize = buffer.readableBytes();