diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverterTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverterTests.cs
index 47f611f4..937ee426 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverterTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverterTests.cs
@@ -274,5 +274,23 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Converters
 
             Console.WriteLine(jsonText);
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void DeserializeDateTimeOffset()
+        {
+            var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
+            settings.DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.DateTimeOffset;
+            settings.Converters.Add(new IsoDateTimeConverter());
+
+            // Intentionally use an offset that is unlikely in the real world,
+            // so the test will be accurate regardless of the local time zone setting.
+            var offset = new TimeSpan(2, 15, 0);
+            var dto = new DateTimeOffset(2014, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, offset);
+
+            var test = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DateTimeOffset>("\"2014-01-01T00:00:00+02:15\"", settings);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(dto, test);
+            Assert.AreEqual(dto.ToString("o"), test.ToString("o"));
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverter.cs
index 0f90b870..fd562b69 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverter.cs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
             {
 #if !NET20
                 if (t == typeof(DateTimeOffset))
-                    return new DateTimeOffset((DateTime)reader.Value);
+                    return reader.Value is DateTimeOffset ? reader.Value : new DateTimeOffset((DateTime)reader.Value);
 #endif
 
                 return reader.Value;