diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1bc29bbc..66b55d04 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-08-13  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/search.c (do_find_bracket): Remove mistaken comparison between
+	pointer and literal character.  Found with cppcheck.
+
 2015-08-12  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/chars.c: UTF-8 is a stateless encoding, so there is no need to
 	reset any state.
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 085bc33b..843729ff 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ void do_find_bracket(void)
 
     ch = openfile->current->data + openfile->current_x;
 
-    if (ch == '\0' || (ch = mbstrchr(matchbrackets, ch)) == NULL) {
+    if ((ch = mbstrchr(matchbrackets, ch)) == NULL) {
 	statusbar(_("Not a bracket"));
 	return;
     }