diff --git a/src/prompt.c b/src/prompt.c
index 18e41fb76904f6f428427ae7b62c2e87bcf724e2..072e618988931fe02f2f6609aac989f34f1b2768 100644
--- a/src/prompt.c
+++ b/src/prompt.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ void do_statusbar_find_bracket(void)
 	matchhalf += parse_mbchar(matchbrackets + matchhalf, NULL,
 		NULL);
 
-    reverse = ((ch - matchbrackets) > matchhalf);
+    reverse = ((ch - matchbrackets) >= matchhalf);
 
     /* If we're on an opening bracket, set wanted_ch to the character
      * that's matchhalf characters after ch.  If we're on a closing
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index beab606308453dc4ce86b6cd7fa906fbdb29e6e4..901b6cd8bc65972434cb5cc2711431d8cff841eb 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ void do_find_bracket(void)
 	matchhalf += parse_mbchar(matchbrackets + matchhalf, NULL,
 		NULL);
 
-    reverse = ((ch - matchbrackets) > matchhalf);
+    reverse = ((ch - matchbrackets) >= matchhalf);
 
     /* If we're on an opening bracket, set wanted_ch to the character
      * that's matchhalf characters after ch.  If we're on a closing