1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 3d6d72c68..da06bf485 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static void do_subst_w_backrefs(const char *line, const char *replace)
         /* go through the replacement string */
         for (i = 0; replace[i]; i++) {
                 /* if we find a backreference (\1, \2, etc.) print the backref'ed * text */
-                if (replace[i] == '\\' && replace[i+1]>0 && replace[i+1]<=9) {
+                if (replace[i] == '\\' && replace[i+1]>'0' && replace[i+1]<='9') {
                         int backref=replace[++i]-'0';
 
                         /* print out the text held in regmatch[backref] */