diff --git a/mkdio.c b/mkdio.c
index 43d6046..7d30f5b 100644
--- a/mkdio.c
+++ b/mkdio.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ populate(getc_func getc, void* ctx, mkd_flag_t *flags)
 	    __mkd_enqueue(a, &line);
 	    S(line) = 0;
 	}
-	else if ( isprint(c) || isspace(c) || (c & 0x80) )
+	else if ( (c & 0x80) || isprint(c) || isspace(c) )
 	    EXPAND(line) = c;
     }
 
diff --git a/xml.c b/xml.c
index f71b05c..20f91df 100644
--- a/xml.c
+++ b/xml.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mkd_xmlchar(unsigned char c)
     case '&':   return "&";
     case '"':   return """;
     case '\'':  return "'";
-    default:    if ( isascii(c) || (c & 0x80) )
+    default:    if ( (c & 0x80) || isascii(c) )
 		    return 0;
 		return "";
     }