1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/negate.c b/plugins/negate.c
index 4bd09deb..7787d018 100644
--- a/plugins/negate.c
+++ b/plugins/negate.c
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                 die (max_state_alt (result, STATE_UNKNOWN), _("No data returned from command\n"));
 
         for (i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
-                if (subst_text && result != state[result] &&
-                    result >= 0 && result <= 4) {
+                if (subst_text && result >= 0 && result <= 4 && result != state[result])  {
                         /* Loop over each match found */
                         while ((sub = strstr (chld_out.line[i], state_text (result)))) {
                                 /* Terminate the first part and skip over the string we'll substitute */