Fix previous change.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index f96e9e53bd9..d321ec1901e 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -848,10 +848,11 @@ skip_chars (forwardp, syntaxp, string, lim)
           {
             while (pos > XINT (lim))
               {
+                int savepos = pos;
                 DEC_POS (pos);
                 if (!fastmap[(int) SYNTAX (FETCH_CHAR (pos))])
                   {
-                    INC_POS (pos);
+                    pos = savepos;
                     break;
                   }
               }
@@ -889,6 +890,7 @@ skip_chars (forwardp, syntaxp, string, lim)
           {
             while (pos > XINT (lim))
               {
+                int savepos = pos;
                 DEC_POS (pos);
                 if (fastmap[(c = FETCH_BYTE (pos))])
                   {
@@ -903,14 +905,23 @@ skip_chars (forwardp, syntaxp, string, lim)
                           if (ch >= char_ranges[i] && ch <= char_ranges[i + 1])
                             break;
                         if (!(negate ^ (i < n_char_ranges)))
-                          break;
+                          {
+                            pos = savepos;
+                            break;
+                          }
                       }
                     else
                       if (!negate)
-                        break;
+                        {
+                          pos = savepos;
+                          break;
+                        }
                   }
                 else
-                  break;
+                  {
+                    pos = savepos;
+                    break;
+                  }
               }
           }
       }