diff --git a/src/lib_ccx/matroska.c b/src/lib_ccx/matroska.c
index 4ccaa606..d21e68a5 100644
--- a/src/lib_ccx/matroska.c
+++ b/src/lib_ccx/matroska.c
@@ -822,9 +822,8 @@ void save_sub_track(struct matroska_ctx* mkv_ctx, struct matroska_sub_track* tra
             write(desc, timestamp_end, strlen(timestamp_start));
             write(desc, ",", 1);
             char* text = ass_ssa_sentence_erase_read_order(sentence->text);
-            while((text[0]=='') &&  (text[1]=='\n' || text[1]=='\N')){
+            while((text[0]=='\\') &&  (text[1]=='n' || text[1]=='N'))
               text+=2;
-            }
             write(desc, text, strlen(text));
             write(desc, "\n", 1);