diff --git a/lib/dest/write-contents/write-stream.js b/lib/dest/write-contents/write-stream.js
index 84e03584..0a373d07 100644
--- a/lib/dest/write-contents/write-stream.js
+++ b/lib/dest/write-contents/write-stream.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function writeStream(file, optResolver, onWritten) {
   // TODO: should this use a clone?
   var streams = [file.contents];
 
-  if (encoding && encoding.enc !== DEFAULT_ENCODING) {
+  if (encoding && codec.enc !== DEFAULT_ENCODING) {
     streams.push(getCodec(DEFAULT_ENCODING).decodeStream());
     streams.push(codec.encodeStream());
   }