diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f9c665fa..b55fe9a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 
 * Crash when receiving an OSC-9 or OSC-777 with an empty notification
   body ([#1866][1866]).
+* Crash when tripple-clicking on region containing `NUL` characters.
 
 [1866]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1866
 
diff --git a/selection.c b/selection.c
index 91c851d2..d7aa617a 100644
--- a/selection.c
+++ b/selection.c
@@ -533,8 +533,8 @@ selection_find_quote_left(struct terminal *term, struct coord *pos,
     const struct row *row = grid_row_in_view(term->grid, pos->row);
     char32_t wc = row->cells[pos->col].wc;
 
-    if ((*quote_char == '\0' && (wc == '"' || wc == '\'')) ||
-        wc == *quote_char)
+    if (*quote_char == '\0' ? (wc == '"' || wc == '\'')
+                            : wc == *quote_char)
     {
         return false;
     }
@@ -555,8 +555,8 @@ selection_find_quote_left(struct terminal *term, struct coord *pos,
 
         wc = row->cells[next_col].wc;
 
-        if ((*quote_char == '\0' && (wc == '"' || wc == '\'')) ||
-            wc == *quote_char)
+        if (*quote_char == '\0' ? (wc == '"' || wc == '\'')
+                                : wc == *quote_char)
         {
             pos->row = next_row;
             pos->col = next_col + 1;