diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py b/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
@@ -687,6 +687,10 @@
         f = 'tokenize_tests-utf8-coding-cookie-and-utf8-bom-sig.txt'
         self.assertTrue(self._testFile(f))
 
+    def test_bad_coding_cookie(self):
+        self.assertRaises(SyntaxError, self._testFile, 'bad_coding.py')
+        self.assertRaises(SyntaxError, self._testFile, 'bad_coding2.py')
+
 
 class Test_Tokenize(TestCase):
 
diff --git a/Lib/tokenize.py b/Lib/tokenize.py
--- a/Lib/tokenize.py
+++ b/Lib/tokenize.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
             raise SyntaxError(msg)
 
         if bom_found:
-            if codec.name != 'utf-8':
+            if encoding != 'utf-8':
                 # This behaviour mimics the Python interpreter
                 if filename is None:
                     msg = 'encoding problem: utf-8'