diff --git a/src/hb-buffer-verify.cc b/src/hb-buffer-verify.cc
index 5453e1ca9..1cd52b39b 100644
--- a/src/hb-buffer-verify.cc
+++ b/src/hb-buffer-verify.cc
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ buffer_verify_unsafe_to_break (hb_buffer_t  *buffer,
 
   bool ret = true;
   hb_buffer_diff_flags_t diff = hb_buffer_diff (reconstruction, buffer, (hb_codepoint_t) -1, 0);
-  if (diff)
+  if (diff & ~HB_BUFFER_DIFF_FLAG_GLYPH_FLAGS_MISMATCH)
   {
     buffer_verify_error (buffer, font, BUFFER_VERIFY_ERROR "unsafe-to-break test failed.");
     ret = false;
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ buffer_verify_unsafe_to_concat (hb_buffer_t        *buffer,
 
   bool ret = true;
   hb_buffer_diff_flags_t diff;
-
   /*
    * Shape the two fragment streams.
    */
@@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ buffer_verify_unsafe_to_concat (hb_buffer_t        *buffer,
    * Diff results.
    */
   diff = hb_buffer_diff (reconstruction, buffer, (hb_codepoint_t) -1, 0);
-  if (diff)
+  if (diff & ~HB_BUFFER_DIFF_FLAG_GLYPH_FLAGS_MISMATCH)
   {
     buffer_verify_error (buffer, font, BUFFER_VERIFY_ERROR "unsafe-to-concat test failed.");
     ret = false;
diff --git a/src/hb-buffer.cc b/src/hb-buffer.cc
index f1e30f241..9e67e680c 100644
--- a/src/hb-buffer.cc
+++ b/src/hb-buffer.cc
@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ hb_buffer_diff (hb_buffer_t *buffer,
       result |= HB_BUFFER_DIFF_FLAG_CODEPOINT_MISMATCH;
     if (buf_info->cluster != ref_info->cluster)
       result |= HB_BUFFER_DIFF_FLAG_CLUSTER_MISMATCH;
-    if ((buf_info->mask & ~ref_info->mask & HB_GLYPH_FLAG_DEFINED))
+    if ((buf_info->mask ^ ref_info->mask) & HB_GLYPH_FLAG_DEFINED)
       result |= HB_BUFFER_DIFF_FLAG_GLYPH_FLAGS_MISMATCH;
     if (contains && ref_info->codepoint == dottedcircle_glyph)
       result |= HB_BUFFER_DIFF_FLAG_DOTTED_CIRCLE_PRESENT;