diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
index c5d8e4f78c3..656c9fad932 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ Otherwise returns the library directory name, if that is defined."
 	;; Make sure these variables are (re-)initialized to the default value
 	(setq ispell-really-aspell nil
               ispell-really-hunspell nil
+              ispell-really-enchant nil
 	      ispell-encoding8-command nil)
 
 	(goto-char (point-min))