1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index b2d14576839..79e278a5093 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -1608,7 +1608,6 @@ between them, return t; otherwise return nil.")
   int comstyle = 0;         /* style of comment encountered */
   int found;
   int count1;
-  int temp_pos;
   int out_charpos, out_bytepos;
 
   CHECK_NUMBER (count, 0);
@@ -1734,7 +1733,7 @@ between them, return t; otherwise return nil.")
           comstart_second = SYNTAX_COMSTART_SECOND (c);
           if (from > stop && SYNTAX_COMEND_SECOND (c)
               && prev_char_comend_first (from, from_byte)
-              && !char_quoted (from - 1, temp_pos))
+              && !char_quoted (from - 1, dec_bytepos (from_byte)))
             {
               /* We must record the comment style encountered so that
                  later, we can match only the proper comment begin
@@ -1747,7 +1746,7 @@ between them, return t; otherwise return nil.")
             }
           if (from > stop && comstart_second
               && prev_char_comstart_first (from, from_byte)
-              && !char_quoted (from - 1, temp_pos))
+              && !char_quoted (from - 1, dec_bytepos (from_byte)))
             {
               /* We must record the comment style encountered so that
                  later, we can match only the proper comment begin