1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index fe1c0dbae..1c026d30b 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static int parse_edit_cmd(struct sed_cmd *sed_cmd, const char *editstr)
          *
          */
 
-        if (editstr[1] != '\\' && (editstr[2] != '\n' || editstr[2] != '\r'))
+        if (editstr[1] != '\\' || (editstr[2] != '\n' && editstr[2] != '\r'))
                 error_msg_and_die("bad format in edit expression");
 
         /* store the edit line text */