1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index d55f943a5b..8e494dbb83 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -4217,7 +4217,7 @@ rb_str_inspect(VALUE str)
 	const unsigned char *q = (const unsigned char *)p;
 	if (q[0] == 0xFE && q[1] == 0xFF)
 	    enc = rb_enc_find("UTF-16BE");
-	else if (q[0] == 0xFF && q[1] == 0xFD)
+	else if (q[0] == 0xFF && q[1] == 0xFE)
 	    enc = rb_enc_find("UTF-16LE");
 	else
 	    unicode_p = 0;