--- 
+++ 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
      * @since As of 1.7, throws {@link NullPointerException} instead of UnsupportedEncodingException
      */
     public static String newStringIso8859_1(final byte[] bytes) {
-        return new String(bytes, Charsets.ISO_8859_1);
+                return newString(bytes, Charsets.ISO_8859_1);
     }
 
     /**