1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index debe8c8a9d8..e16d8bc45ec 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ skip_syntaxes (forwardp, string, lim)
               {
                 c = FETCH_BYTE (pos_byte);
                 MAKE_CHAR_MULTIBYTE (c);
-                if (fastmap[(int) SYNTAX (c)])
+                if (! fastmap[(int) SYNTAX (c)])
                   break;
                 pos++, pos_byte++;
                 UPDATE_SYNTAX_TABLE_FORWARD (pos);