diff --git a/sql/sql_string.h b/sql/sql_string.h
index 6d5e8c46c55..c65560dd1d1 100644
--- a/sql/sql_string.h
+++ b/sql/sql_string.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-   Copyright (c) 2000, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ public:
       DBUG_ASSERT(!s.uses_buffer_owned_by(this));
       free();
       Ptr=s.Ptr ; str_length=s.str_length ; Alloced_length=s.Alloced_length;
+      str_charset=s.str_charset;
       alloced=0;
     }
     return *this;