diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 2ed1cf6fd4c..77b6334f0d4 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-04-25  Kenichi Handa  <handa@m17n.org>
+
+	* syntax.c (skip_chars): Fix previous change.
+
 2003-04-24  Kenichi Handa  <handa@m17n.org>
 
 	* syntax.c (skip_chars): Make the code faster by using the common
diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index dbdac11694d..d25c4394c6e 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ skip_chars (forwardp, syntaxp, string, lim)
 		      p = GAP_END_ADDR;
 		      stop = endp;
 		    }
-		  if (fastmap[*p])
+		  if (!fastmap[*p])
 		    break;
 		  p++, pos++;
 		}
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ skip_chars (forwardp, syntaxp, string, lim)
 		      p = GPT_ADDR;
 		      stop = endp;
 		    }
-		  if (fastmap[p[-1]])
+		  if (!fastmap[p[-1]])
 		    break;
 		  p--, pos--;
 		}