diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.cpp
index 47c82b01..74c0343b 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.cpp
@@ -369,9 +369,9 @@ void SynEditCppHighlighter::braceCloseProc()
 
     mRange.braceLevel -= 1;
     if (mRange.leftBraces>0) {
-        mRange.rightBraces++ ;
-    } else {
         mRange.leftBraces--;
+    } else {
+        mRange.rightBraces++ ;
     }
 }