diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 4edecffa8..ae6cab075 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -3446,7 +3446,7 @@ static void inp_stripcomments_deck(struct card *c, bool cf)
             found_control = TRUE;
         if (ciprefix(".endc", c->line))
             found_control = FALSE;
-        inp_stripcomments_line(c->line, found_control | cf, FALSE);
+        inp_stripcomments_line(c->line, found_control || cf, FALSE);
     }
 }