diff --git a/mailnews/compose/src/nsMsgCompose.cpp b/mailnews/compose/src/nsMsgCompose.cpp
index 76409b10e31..317484ddc75 100644
--- a/mailnews/compose/src/nsMsgCompose.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/compose/src/nsMsgCompose.cpp
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ nsresult nsMsgCompose::_SendMsg(MSG_DeliverMode deliverMode, nsIMsgIdentity *ide
                                       nsnull, &isAsciiOnly);
           if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) 
           {
-            if (m_compFields->GetForceMsgEncoding());
+            if (m_compFields->GetForceMsgEncoding())
               isAsciiOnly = PR_FALSE;
               
             m_compFields->SetBodyIsAsciiOnly(isAsciiOnly);