diff --git a/src/lib/efl/interfaces/efl_text_markup_util.c b/src/lib/efl/interfaces/efl_text_markup_util.c
index 9c8a9cf55d..bf296c11fb 100644
--- a/src/lib/efl/interfaces/efl_text_markup_util.c
+++ b/src/lib/efl/interfaces/efl_text_markup_util.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ _escaped_char_get(const char *s, const char *s_end)
         int base = 10;
         s += 2; /* Skip "&#" */
 
-        if ((*s == 'x') && (*s == 'X'))
+        if ((*s == 'x') || (*s == 'X'))
           {
              s++;
              base = 16;