diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/repository/datatype/DefaultTypeConverter.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/repository/datatype/DefaultTypeConverter.java
index 13a859e2ad..f65a223a8b 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/repository/datatype/DefaultTypeConverter.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/repository/datatype/DefaultTypeConverter.java
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ public class DefaultTypeConverter
             public String convert(ContentReader source)
             {
                 String encoding = source.getEncoding();
-                if (encoding == null || !encoding.equals("UTF-8"))
+                if (encoding == null || !encoding.equalsIgnoreCase("UTF-8"))
                 {
                     throw new TypeConversionException("Cannot convert non UTF-8 streams to String.");
                 }