1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index bce4ea78c7..61baa930cf 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -3993,7 +3993,7 @@ scan_once(VALUE str, VALUE pat, long *start)
 	    /*
 	     * Always consume at least one character of the input string
 	     */
-	    if (RSTRING(str)->len < END(0))
+	    if (RSTRING(str)->len > END(0))
 		*start = END(0)+mbclen2(RSTRING(str)->ptr[END(0)],pat);
 	    else
 		*start = END(0)+1;