diff --git a/contrib/halog/fgets2.c b/contrib/halog/fgets2.c
index 6c5bc6b..11baa23 100644
--- a/contrib/halog/fgets2.c
+++ b/contrib/halog/fgets2.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-// return 1 if the integer contains at least one zero byte
+// return non-zero if the integer contains at least one zero byte
 static inline unsigned int has_zero(unsigned int x)
 {
 	unsigned int y;
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@
 	 * we check in the final result if one of them is present and was not.
 	 */
 	y = x;
-	x = ~x & 0x80808080; /* save and invert bits 7, 15, 23, 31 */
-	y &= 0x7F7F7F7F;     /* clear them */
 	y -= 0x01010101;     /* generate a carry */
-	y &= x;              /* clear the bits that were already set */
-	return !!y;
+	y &= ~x;             /* clear the bits that were already set */
+	return y & 0x80808080;
 }