diff --git a/phpQuery/phpQuery/DOMDocumentWrapper.php b/phpQuery/phpQuery/DOMDocumentWrapper.php
index 0b6a7fd..6e72df3 100644
--- a/phpQuery/phpQuery/DOMDocumentWrapper.php
+++ b/phpQuery/phpQuery/DOMDocumentWrapper.php
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ protected function charsetAppendToHTML($html, $charset, $xhtml = false) {
 			.($xhtml ? '/' : '')
 			.'>';
 		if (strpos($html, '<head') === false) {
-			if (strpos($hltml, '<html') === false) {
+			if (strpos($html, '<html') === false) {
 				return $meta.$html;
 			} else {
 				return preg_replace(
@@ -674,4 +674,4 @@ public static function expandEmptyTag($tag, $xml){
         }
         return $xml;
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}