1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index 65140623032..a1de152fd43 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -2051,10 +2051,10 @@ skip_syntaxes (forwardp, string, lim)
                     p = GPT_ADDR;
                     stop = endp;
                   }
+                UPDATE_SYNTAX_TABLE_BACKWARD (pos - 1);
                 if (! fastmap[(int) SYNTAX (p[-1])])
                   break;
                 p--, pos--, pos_byte--;
-                UPDATE_SYNTAX_TABLE_BACKWARD (pos - 1);
               }
           }
       }