Index: usr.bin/diff/diffreg.c
===================================================================
--- usr.bin/diff/diffreg.c
+++ usr.bin/diff/diffreg.c
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@
 	}
 	if (diff_format != D_GFORMAT)
 		i = fetch(ixnew, c, d, f2, diff_format == D_NORMAL ? '>' : '\0', 0, *pflags);
-	if (i != 0 && diff_format == D_EDIT) {
+	if (diff_format == D_EDIT && i != 0) {
 		/*
 		 * A non-zero return value for D_EDIT indicates that the
 		 * last line printed was a bare dot (".") that has been