diff -r -u css-validator.org/org/w3c/css/css/TagSoupStyleSheetHandler.java css-validator/org/w3c/css/css/TagSoupStyleSheetHandler.java
--- css-validator.org/org/w3c/css/css/TagSoupStyleSheetHandler.java	2009-02-13 21:50:15.000000000 +0000
+++ css-validator/org/w3c/css/css/TagSoupStyleSheetHandler.java	2009-05-15 14:15:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 	    if (type != null) {
 		MimeType mt = null;
 		try {
-		    new MimeType(type);
+		    mt = new MimeType(type);
 		} catch (Exception ex) { /* at worst, null */ };
 		if (mt != null && (MimeType.TEXT_CSS.match(mt) ==
 				   MimeType.MATCH_SPECIFIC_SUBTYPE)) {
diff -r -u css-validator.org/org/w3c/css/css/XMLStyleSheetHandler.java css-validator/org/w3c/css/css/XMLStyleSheetHandler.java
--- css-validator.org/org/w3c/css/css/XMLStyleSheetHandler.java	2009-02-13 21:50:15.000000000 +0000
+++ css-validator/org/w3c/css/css/XMLStyleSheetHandler.java	2009-05-15 14:15:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 	    if (type != null) {
 		MimeType mt = null;
 		try {
-		    new MimeType(type);
+		    mt = new MimeType(type);
 		} catch (Exception ex) { /* at worst, null */
 		}
 		;