diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m b/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m
index 3ab130b..6422a56 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static void AFNetworkReachabilityReleaseCallback(const void *info) {
             url = [NSURL URLWithString:[[url absoluteString] stringByAppendingFormat:[path rangeOfString:@"?"].location == NSNotFound ? @"?%@" : @"&%@", AFQueryStringFromParametersWithEncoding(parameters, self.stringEncoding)]];
             [request setURL:url];
         } else {
-            NSString *charset = (__bridge_transfer NSString *)CFStringConvertEncodingToIANACharSetName(CFStringConvertNSStringEncodingToEncoding(self.stringEncoding));
+            NSString *charset = (__bridge NSString *)CFStringConvertEncodingToIANACharSetName(CFStringConvertNSStringEncodingToEncoding(self.stringEncoding));
             NSError *error = nil;
 
             switch (self.parameterEncoding) {