diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp
index 67c75d708e1..a960899e59d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp
@@ -2247,7 +2247,7 @@ std::optional<QStringConverter::Encoding> QStringConverter::encodingForName(cons
         if (nameMatch(encodingInterfaces[i].name, name))
             return QStringConverter::Encoding(i);
     }
-    if (nameMatch(name, "latin1"))
+    if (nameMatch("latin1", name))
         return QStringConverter::Latin1;
     return std::nullopt;
 }