diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 78e55abd491..3701e88ae09 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-09-10  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
+
+	* mail/sendmail.el (mail-send): Obey mail-send-nonascii when
+	enable-multibyte-characters = nil.  From Hallvard B Furuseth
+	<h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>.
+	
 2001-09-09  Michael Kifer  <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
 	
 	* ediff-init.el (ediff-highest-priority): bug fix.
diff --git a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
index 05d05d6074c..3826a1bac92 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
@@ -730,8 +730,7 @@ the user from the mailer."
 	    (y-or-n-p "Message already sent; resend? ")))
       (let ((inhibit-read-only t)
 	    (opoint (point)))
-	(when (and enable-multibyte-characters
-		   (not (memq mail-send-nonascii '(t mime))))
+	(unless (memq mail-send-nonascii '(t mime))
 	  (goto-char (point-min))
 	  (skip-chars-forward "\0-\177")
 	  (or (= (point) (point-max))