diff --git a/src/pugixml.cpp b/src/pugixml.cpp
index 0646f8b..30ed7aa 100644
--- a/src/pugixml.cpp
+++ b/src/pugixml.cpp
@@ -2605,13 +2605,10 @@ namespace pugi
 		std::ofstream out(name, std::ios::out);
 		if (!out) return false;
 
-		if (flags & format_write_bom)
+		if (flags & format_write_bom_utf8)
 		{
-			if (flags & format_utf8)
-			{
-				static const unsigned char utf8_bom[] = {0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF};
-				out.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(utf8_bom), 3);
-			}
+			static const unsigned char utf8_bom[] = {0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF};
+			out.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(utf8_bom), 3);
 		}
 
 		out << "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>";
diff --git a/src/pugixml.hpp b/src/pugixml.hpp
index 5276447..927d18e 100644
--- a/src/pugixml.hpp
+++ b/src/pugixml.hpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ namespace pugi
 	 *
 	 * This flag is off by default.
 	 */
-	const unsigned int format_write_bom	= 0x02;
+	const unsigned int format_write_bom_utf8 = 0x02;
 	
 	/**
 	 * If this flag is on, no indentation is performed and no line breaks are written to output file.