1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index de0ef9078cf..cf3d3bd258a 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ skip_syntaxes (forwardp, string, lim)
   if (XINT (lim) < BEGV)
     XSETFASTINT (lim, BEGV);
 
-  if (forward ? PT >= XFASTINT (lim) : PT <= XFASTINT (lim))
+  if (forwardp ? (PT >= XFASTINT (lim)) : (PT <= XFASTINT (lim)))
     return 0;
 
   multibyte = (!NILP (current_buffer->enable_multibyte_characters)