2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-scanner-engine/src/main/java/org/sonar/scanner/scan/filesystem/CharsetDetector.java b/sonar-scanner-engine/src/main/java/org/sonar/scanner/scan/filesystem/CharsetDetector.java
index ae6aa5532da..3586ea9f171 100644
--- a/sonar-scanner-engine/src/main/java/org/sonar/scanner/scan/filesystem/CharsetDetector.java
+++ b/sonar-scanner-engine/src/main/java/org/sonar/scanner/scan/filesystem/CharsetDetector.java
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
-
 import org.apache.commons.io.ByteOrderMark;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.input.BOMInputStream;
@@ -58,13 +56,17 @@ public class CharsetDetector {
         return true;
       }
 
-      return detectCharset();
+      if (detectCharset()) {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      detectedCharset = defaultEncoding;
+      return false;
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to read file " + filePath.toAbsolutePath().toString(), e);
     }
   }
 
-  @CheckForNull
   public Charset charset() {
     assertRun();
     return detectedCharset;
@@ -90,7 +92,6 @@ public class CharsetDetector {
     return false;
   }
 
-  @CheckForNull
   private boolean detectCharset() throws IOException {
     stream.mark(BYTES_TO_DECODE);
     byte[] buf = new byte[BYTES_TO_DECODE];
diff --git a/sonar-scanner-engine/src/test/java/org/sonar/scanner/scan/filesystem/CharsetDetectorTest.java b/sonar-scanner-engine/src/test/java/org/sonar/scanner/scan/filesystem/CharsetDetectorTest.java
index 167e362201c..5abdb43764a 100644
--- a/sonar-scanner-engine/src/test/java/org/sonar/scanner/scan/filesystem/CharsetDetectorTest.java
+++ b/sonar-scanner-engine/src/test/java/org/sonar/scanner/scan/filesystem/CharsetDetectorTest.java
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public class CharsetDetectorTest {
 
     CharsetDetector detector = new CharsetDetector(filePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     assertThat(detector.run()).isFalse();
+    assertThat(detector.charset()).isEqualTo(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
   }
 
   private Charset detectCharset(Path file, Charset defaultEncoding) {