diff --git a/flatpages/views.py b/flatpages/views.py
index 05405de..f46488e 100644
--- a/flatpages/views.py
+++ b/flatpages/views.py
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ def editflatpage(request, path):
         if m:
             filefound = True
             head, body = m.groups()
+            linksmatch = re.match('(.*)<ul\s+id="links">', body, re.DOTALL + re.IGNORECASE)
+            if linksmatch:
+                body, = linksmatch.groups()
             if re.search(r"iso-8859-1", html):
-                linksmatch = re.match('(.*)<ul id="links">', body, re.DOTALL + re.IGNORECASE)
-                if linksmatch:
-                    body, = linksmatch.groups()
                 body = unicode(body, "iso-8859-1")
         else:
             return HttpResponse("Page could not be split into header and body")