diff --git a/plugins/speedup.c b/plugins/speedup.c
index d4dfd8a1..ca6ed13e 100644
--- a/plugins/speedup.c
+++ b/plugins/speedup.c
@@ -143,6 +143,16 @@ static void sim_state_cb(gboolean present, gpointer user_data)
 	/* AT&C0 needs to be send separate and on both channel */
 	g_at_chat_send(data->modem, "AT&C0", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	g_at_chat_send(data->aux, "AT&C0", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure that the modem is using GSM character set and not IRA,
+	 * otherwise weirdness with umlauts and other non-ASCII characters
+	 * can result
+	 */
+	g_at_chat_send(data->modem, "AT+CSCS=\"GSM\"", none_prefix,
+							NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	g_at_chat_send(data->aux, "AT+CSCS=\"GSM\"", none_prefix,
+							NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static void cfun_enable(gboolean ok, GAtResult *result, gpointer user_data)
@@ -187,16 +197,6 @@ static int speedup_enable(struct ofono_modem *modem)
 	g_at_chat_send(data->modem, "ATE0 +CMEE=1", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	g_at_chat_send(data->aux, "ATE0 +CMEE=1", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
-	/*
-	 * Ensure that the modem is using GSM character set and not IRA,
-	 * otherwise weirdness with umlauts and other non-ASCII characters
-	 * can result
-	 */
-	g_at_chat_send(data->modem, "AT+CSCS=\"GSM\"", none_prefix,
-							NULL, NULL, NULL);
-	g_at_chat_send(data->aux, "AT+CSCS=\"GSM\"", none_prefix,
-							NULL, NULL, NULL);
-
 	g_at_chat_send(data->aux, "AT+CFUN=1", NULL,
 					cfun_enable, modem, NULL);