diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
index b6217dc15..c16bed0f8 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
@@ -948,12 +948,9 @@ osgDB::ReaderWriter::ReadResult ReaderWriterOBJ::readNode(const std::string& fil
     std::string fileName = osgDB::findDataFile( file, options );
     if (fileName.empty()) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_FOUND;
 
-
     osgDB::ifstream fin(fileName.c_str());
     if (fin)
     {
-        fin.imbue(std::locale::classic());
-
         // code for setting up the database path so that internally referenced file are searched for on relative paths.
         osg::ref_ptr<Options> local_opt = options ? static_cast<Options*>(options->clone(osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY)) : new Options;
         local_opt->getDatabasePathList().push_front(osgDB::getFilePath(fileName));
@@ -975,8 +972,6 @@ osgDB::ReaderWriter::ReadResult ReaderWriterOBJ::readNode(std::istream& fin, con
 {
     if (fin)
     {
-        fin.imbue(std::locale::classic());
-
         obj::Model model;
         model.readOBJ(fin, options);
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/obj/obj.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/obj/obj.cpp
index a87072a83..859add652 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/obj/obj.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/obj/obj.cpp
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ bool Model::readMTL(std::istream& fin)
 {
     OSG_INFO<<"Reading MTL file"<<std::endl;
 
+    fin.imbue(std::locale::classic());
+
     const int LINE_SIZE = 4096;
     char line[LINE_SIZE];
     float r = 1.0f, g = 1.0f, b = 1.0f, a = 1.0f;
@@ -567,6 +569,8 @@ bool Model::readOBJ(std::istream& fin, const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* optio
 {
     OSG_INFO<<"Reading OBJ file"<<std::endl;
 
+    fin.imbue(std::locale::classic());
+
     const int LINE_SIZE = 4096;
     char line[LINE_SIZE];
     float x = 0.0f, y = 0.0f, z = 0.0f, w = 0.0f;