1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/character.c b/src/character.c
index 5808d48a235..5a06c7f4d6c 100644
--- a/src/character.c
+++ b/src/character.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Basic character support.
 
-Copyright (C) 2001-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 Copyright (C) 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001 Electrotechnical Laboratory, JAPAN.
   Licensed to the Free Software Foundation.
 Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
@@ -833,8 +833,8 @@ string_escape_byte8 (Lisp_Object string)
 
   if (multibyte)
     {
-      if ((MOST_POSITIVE_FIXNUM - nchars) / 3 < byte8_count
-          || (STRING_BYTES_BOUND - nbytes) / 2 < byte8_count)
+      if (byte8_count > (MOST_POSITIVE_FIXNUM - nchars) / 3
+          || byte8_count > (STRING_BYTES_BOUND - nbytes) / 2)
         string_overflow ();
 
       /* Convert 2-byte sequence of byte8 chars to 4-byte octal.  */
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ string_escape_byte8 (Lisp_Object string)
     }
   else
     {
-      if ((STRING_BYTES_BOUND - nbytes) / 3 < byte8_count)
+      if (byte8_count > (STRING_BYTES_BOUND - nbytes) / 3)
         string_overflow ();
 
       /* Convert 1-byte sequence of byte8 chars to 4-byte octal.  */