diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
index 2814b5ae12..b312eae93e 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ private:
             // along, and nothing else.
             if (m_analysis[i].bidiLevel == m_analysis[start].bidiLevel
                 && m_analysis[i].flags == m_analysis[start].flags
-                && (script_to_hbscript(m_analysis[i].script) == script_to_hbscript(m_analysis[start].script) || m_string[i] == QLatin1Char('.'))
+                && (m_analysis[i].script == m_analysis[start].script || m_string[i] == QLatin1Char('.'))
                 && m_analysis[i].flags < QScriptAnalysis::SpaceTabOrObject
                 && i - start < MaxItemLength)
                 continue;