1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c
index cde56d9af42..6dbf05ce0aa 100644
--- a/src/coding.c
+++ b/src/coding.c
@@ -1669,7 +1669,8 @@ detect_coding_utf_16 (coding, detect_info)
                                 |CATEGORY_MASK_UTF_16_BE
                                 | CATEGORY_MASK_UTF_16_LE);
 
-      while (detect_info->rejected != CATEGORY_MASK_UTF_16)
+      while ((detect_info->rejected & CATEGORY_MASK_UTF_16)
+             != CATEGORY_MASK_UTF_16)
         {
           TWO_MORE_BYTES (c1, c2);
           if (c2 < 0)