1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 82dd693ad34..fbcb776c7dc 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; simple.el --- basic editing commands for Emacs
 
 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
-;;               2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
+;;               2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
 ;;        Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Maintainer: FSF
@@ -4001,7 +4001,7 @@ when it is off screen)."
                 (setq matching-paren
                       (let ((syntax (syntax-after blinkpos)))
                         (and (consp syntax)
-                             (eq (car syntax) 4)
+                             (eq (logand (car syntax) 255) 4)
                              (cdr syntax)))
                       mismatch
                       (or (null matching-paren)