1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/transcode.c b/transcode.c
index 32e3d082af..33b1c7fc96 100644
--- a/transcode.c
+++ b/transcode.c
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ transcode_search_path(const char *from, const char *to,
     int found;
     int pathlen;
 
+    if (encoding_equal(from, to))
+        return -1;
+
     q = ALLOC(search_path_queue_t);
     q->enc = from;
     q->next = NULL;