1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 6af14f551..90f222467 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -9657,7 +9657,11 @@ preadfd(void)
                  * _during_ shell execution, not only if it was set when
                  * shell was started. Therefore, re-check LANG every time:
                  */
-                reinit_unicode(lookupvar("LANG"));
+                {
+                        const char *s = lookupvar("LC_ALL");
+                        if (!s) s = lookupvar("LANG");
+                        reinit_unicode(s);
+                }
                 nr = read_line_input(line_input_state, cmdedit_prompt, buf, IBUFSIZ, timeout);
                 if (nr == 0) {
                         /* Ctrl+C pressed */