1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 1a2603e3b..1fa84dc4f 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -2044,7 +2044,9 @@ static void get_user_input(struct in_str *i)
                  * _during_ shell execution, not only if it was set when
                  * shell was started. Therefore, re-check LANG every time:
                  */
-                reinit_unicode(get_local_var_value("LANG"));
+                const char *s = get_local_var_value("LC_ALL");
+                if (!s) s = get_local_var_value("LANG");
+                reinit_unicode(s);
 
                 G.flag_SIGINT = 0;
                 /* buglet: SIGINT will not make new prompt to appear _at once_,