diff --git a/dlls/setupapi/parser.c b/dlls/setupapi/parser.c
index 3ce0b928e0c..53c9e3968b8 100644
--- a/dlls/setupapi/parser.c
+++ b/dlls/setupapi/parser.c
@@ -852,9 +852,7 @@ static DWORD parse_buffer( struct inf_file *file, const WCHAR *buffer, const WCH
     struct parser parser;
     const WCHAR *pos = buffer;
 
-    if (*pos == 0xfeff) pos++;  /* skip Unicode BOM signature */
-
-    parser.start       = pos;
+    parser.start       = buffer;
     parser.end         = end;
     parser.file        = file;
     parser.line        = NULL;