diff --git a/src/viewer/text/search.c b/src/viewer/text/search.c
index 5fc924a09..f13cb6cf7 100644
--- a/src/viewer/text/search.c
+++ b/src/viewer/text/search.c
@@ -892,7 +892,10 @@ point_intersect(struct point *p1, int l1, struct point *p2, int l2)
 	assert(p2);
 	if_assert_failed return 0;
 
-	if (first_time) memset(hash, 0, HASH_SIZE), first_time = 0;
+	if (first_time) {
+		memset(hash, 0, HASH_SIZE);
+		first_time = 0;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < l1; i++) hash[HASH(p1[i])] = 1;