diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 8b9c1105..d7e2fbb9 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1207,9 +1207,10 @@ WARNING: Can't reopen standard output in binary mode;\n\
        * retrieve_url may modify it in some circumstances,
        * currently. */
       struct iri *iri = iri_new ();
-      struct url *url_parsed = url_parse (*t, &url_err, iri, true);
+      struct url *url_parsed;
 
       set_uri_encoding (iri, opt.locale, true);
+      url_parsed = url_parse (*t, &url_err, iri, true);
 
       if (!url_parsed)
         {
diff --git a/tests/Test-ftp-iri.px b/tests/Test-ftp-iri.px
index 78e2622c..c7119482 100755
--- a/tests/Test-ftp-iri.px
+++ b/tests/Test-ftp-iri.px
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ my %urls = (
     },
 );
 
-my $cmdline = $WgetTest::WGETPATH . " --locale=iso-8859-1 -S ftp://localhost:{{port}}/fran${ccedilla_l1}ais.txt";
+my $cmdline = $WgetTest::WGETPATH . " --debug --locale=iso-8859-1 -S ftp://localhost:{{port}}/fran${ccedilla_l1}ais.txt";
 
 my $expected_error_code = 0;