diff --git a/gcc/ada/a-witeio.adb b/gcc/ada/a-witeio.adb
index 1a4b0f5e0e7..cd25d411994 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/a-witeio.adb
+++ b/gcc/ada/a-witeio.adb
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ package body Ada.Wide_Text_IO is
       if Start = 0 then
          File.WC_Method := WCEM_Brackets;
 
-      elsif Start /= 0 then
+      else
          if Stop = Start then
             for J in WC_Encoding_Letters'Range loop
                if File.Form (Start) = WC_Encoding_Letters (J) then