2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 4a1b7f3fc19..3d86f4d1052 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-16  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+        * coding.c (Fcheck_coding_systems_region): Fix test for unibyte
+        string.
+
 2009-02-16  Kenichi Handa  <handa@m17n.org>
 
         * coding.c (Fcheck_coding_systems_region): Fix typo; Qt -> Qnil.
diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c
index bd8c19f374a..fff4d01d890 100644
--- a/src/coding.c
+++ b/src/coding.c
@@ -8463,7 +8463,7 @@ START may be a string.  In that case, check if the string is
 encodable, and the value contains indices to the string instead of
 buffer positions.  END is ignored.
 
-If the current buffer (or START if it is string) is unibyte, the value
+If the current buffer (or START if it is a string) is unibyte, the value
 is nil.  */)
      (start, end, coding_system_list)
      Lisp_Object start, end, coding_system_list;
@@ -8478,7 +8478,7 @@ is nil.  */)
   if (STRINGP (start))
     {
       if (!STRING_MULTIBYTE (start)
-          && SCHARS (start) != SBYTES (start))
+          || SCHARS (start) == SBYTES (start))
         return Qnil;
       start_byte = 0;
       end_byte = SBYTES (start);