1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/regex.c b/regex.c
index a68489c1df..ffc7acc5d1 100644
--- a/regex.c
+++ b/regex.c
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ re_compile_pattern(pattern, size, bufp)
 	pending_exact = b;
 	BUFPUSH(0);
       }
-      if (had_num_literal && current_mbctype) {
+      if (had_num_literal || c == 0xff) {
 	BUFPUSH(0xff);
 	(*pending_exact)++;
 	had_num_literal = 0;