diff --git a/src/testdir/test_json.vim b/src/testdir/test_json.vim
index 83adcd6..4955cad 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_json.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_json.vim
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 if !has('multi_byte')
   finish
 endif
-scriptencoding utf-8
 set encoding=utf-8
+scriptencoding utf-8
 
 let s:json1 = '"str\"in\\g"'
 let s:var1 = "str\"in\\g"