diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index a4033a40b..9d9da422c 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static int grep_file(FILE *file)
 #endif
 				) {
 					if (option_mask32 & OPT_x) {
-						found = (gl->matched_range.rm_so == 0
+						found |= (gl->matched_range.rm_so == 0
 						         && match_at[gl->matched_range.rm_eo] == '\0');
 					} else
 					if (!(option_mask32 & OPT_w)) {
diff --git a/testsuite/grep.tests b/testsuite/grep.tests
index e57889790..26f8e69cf 100755
--- a/testsuite/grep.tests
+++ b/testsuite/grep.tests
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ testing "grep -w word match second word" \
 	"bword,word\n""wordb,word\n""bwordb,word\n" \
 	""
 
+
+testing "grep -x -v -e EXP1 -e EXP2 finds nothing if either EXP matches" \
+	"grep -x -v -e '.*aa.*' -e 'bb.*'; echo \$?" \
+	"1\n" \
+	"" \
+	"  aa bb cc\n"
+
 # -r on symlink to dir should recurse into dir
 mkdir -p grep.testdir/foo
 echo bar > grep.testdir/foo/file