diff --git a/libarchive/test/test_pax_filename_encoding.c b/libarchive/test/test_pax_filename_encoding.c
index 3165b65dd3..0c264a341a 100644
--- a/libarchive/test/test_pax_filename_encoding.c
+++ b/libarchive/test/test_pax_filename_encoding.c
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ DEFINE_TEST(test_pax_filename_encoding_UTF16_win)
 	struct archive *a;
 	struct archive_entry *entry;
 	char buff[0x2000];
+	char *p;
 	size_t used;
 
 	/*
@@ -608,11 +609,9 @@ DEFINE_TEST(test_pax_filename_encoding_UTF16_win)
 		archive_write_free(a);
 		return;
 	}
-
-	/* Re-create a write archive object since filenames should be written
-	 * in UTF-8 by default. */
 	archive_write_free(a);
 
+	/* Create a new archive handle with default charset handling */
 	a = archive_write_new();
 	assertEqualInt(ARCHIVE_OK, archive_write_set_format_pax(a));
 	assertEqualInt(ARCHIVE_OK,
@@ -650,6 +649,27 @@ DEFINE_TEST(test_pax_filename_encoding_UTF16_win)
 	archive_entry_free(entry);
 	assertEqualInt(ARCHIVE_OK, archive_write_free(a));
 
+	/* Verify the bytes of the file directly to ensure the
+	 * filenames were encoded the way we expect. */
+
+	p = buffer + 0; /* First header */
+	assertEqualString(p + 0, "\xE4\xBD\xA0\xE5\xA5\xBD.txt");
+	assertEqualInt(p[156], '0'); /* Regular file */
+
+	p += 512; /* Second header */
+	assertEqualString(p + 0, "\xD0\xBF\xD1\x80\xD0\xB8/");
+	assertEqualInt(p[156], '5'); /* directory */
+
+	p += 512; /* Third header */
+	assertEqualString(p + 0, "\xE5\x86\x8D\xE8\xA7\x81.txt");
+	assertEqualInt(p[156], '2'); /* symlink */
+	assertEqualString(p + 157, "\xE6\x99\x9A\xE5\xAE\x89.txt"); /* link name */
+
+	p += 512; /* Fourth header */
+	assertEqualString(p + 0, "\xE6\x99\x9A\xE5\xAE\x89.txt");
+	assertEqualInt(p[156], '1'); /* hard link */
+	assertEqualString(p + 157, "\xE6\x99\x9A\xE5\xAE\x89.txt"); /* link name */
+
 	/* Ensure that the names round trip properly */
 	a = archive_read_new();
 	archive_read_support_format_all(a);
@@ -673,6 +693,8 @@ DEFINE_TEST(test_pax_filename_encoding_UTF16_win)
 	assertEqualIntA(a, ARCHIVE_OK, archive_read_next_header(a, &entry));
 	assertEqualWString(L"\u665a\u5b89.txt", archive_entry_pathname_w(entry));
 	assertEqualWString(L"\u4f60\u597d.txt", archive_entry_hardlink_w(entry));
+
+	archive_free(a);
 #endif
 }