diff --git a/src/wp-includes/feed.php b/src/wp-includes/feed.php
index 2333285d7b4bc..8a6d2560681f3 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/feed.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/feed.php
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ function fetch_feed( $url ) {
 	do_action_ref_array( 'wp_feed_options', array( &$feed, $url ) );
 
 	$feed->init();
-	$feed->set_output_encoding( get_bloginfo(' charset' ) );
+	$feed->set_output_encoding( get_bloginfo( 'charset' ) );
 
 	if ( $feed->error() ) {
 		return new WP_Error( 'simplepie-error', $feed->error() );
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/feed/fetchFeed.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/feed/fetchFeed.php
index 4a994726b13b8..6ed807e4153f4 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/feed/fetchFeed.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/feed/fetchFeed.php
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public function test_empty_charset_does_not_trigger_fatal_error() {
 		foreach( $feed->get_items( 0, 1 ) as $item ) {
 			$content = $item->get_content();
 		}
+
+		$this->assertStringContainsString( '<a href="https://learn.wordpress.org/">Learn WordPress</a> is a learning resource providing workshops, quizzes, courses, lesson plans, and discussion groups so that anyone, from beginners to advanced users, can learn to do more with WordPress.', $content );
 	}
 
 	public function mocked_rss_response() {