From 75bd6e87d3d57558f663e5e5c801aed2715d2ede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bram Matthys <syzop@vulnscan.org>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 09:23:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix set::antimixedutf8::except not working Reported by
 Le_Coyote in https://bugs.unrealircd.org/view.php?id=6625

---
 src/modules/antimixedutf8.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/antimixedutf8.c b/src/modules/antimixedutf8.c
index ada3a9e52..6987732ba 100644
--- a/src/modules/antimixedutf8.c
+++ b/src/modules/antimixedutf8.c
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ int antimixedutf8_config_test(ConfigFile *cf, ConfigEntry *ce, int type, int *er
 
 	for (cep = ce->items; cep; cep = cep->next)
 	{
+		if (!strcmp(cep->name, "except"))
+		{
+			test_match_block(cf, cep, &errors);
+		} else
 		if (!cep->value)
 		{
 			config_error("%s:%i: set::antimixedutf8::%s with no value",
@@ -205,10 +209,6 @@ int antimixedutf8_config_test(ConfigFile *cf, ConfigEntry *ce, int type, int *er
 		if (!strcmp(cep->name, "ban-time"))
 		{
 		} else
-		if (!strcmp(cep->name, "except"))
-		{
-			test_match_block(cf, cep, &errors);
-		} else
 		{
 			config_error("%s:%i: unknown directive set::antimixedutf8::%s",
 				cep->file->filename, cep->line_number, cep->name);