diff --git a/lib/jekyll/reader.rb b/lib/jekyll/reader.rb
index d66fe2a3..731937ff 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/reader.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/reader.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ module Jekyll
         when '.csv'
           CSV.read(path, {
                            :headers => true,
-                           :encoding => config['encoding']
+                           :encoding => site.config['encoding']
                        }).map(&:to_hash)
         else
           SafeYAML.load_file(path)