diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UserAgent.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UserAgent.java
index b23ee97dcb..c39df56fe0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UserAgent.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UserAgent.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static String clean(String s) {
 		StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder(s.length());
 		for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
 			char c = s.charAt(i);
-			if (c <= 32 || c >= 127) {
+			if (c < 32 || c >= 127) {
 				if (b.length() > 0 && b.charAt(b.length() - 1) == '.')
 					continue;
 				c = '.';