diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3edd8212..3e9ce91c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 * Fallback font (and possibly wrong color) being used when a character
   was followed by a zero-width grapheme breaking codepoint (for
   example, _LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK_) ([#2049][2049]).
+* Regression: alpha applied to inversed text/selections
+  ([#2073][2073]).
 
 [2039]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/2039
 [2034]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/2034
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 0e403949..b0d21d18 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ render_cell(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
             _bg = swap;
         }
 
-        if (!term->window->is_fullscreen && term->colors.alpha != 0xffff) {
+        else if (!term->window->is_fullscreen && term->colors.alpha != 0xffff) {
             switch (term->conf->colors.alpha_mode) {
             case ALPHA_MODE_DEFAULT: {
                 if (cell->attrs.bg_src == COLOR_DEFAULT) {