diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 543b1d5378..2a8e879e88 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -800,17 +800,19 @@ static int grep_buffer_1(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *name,
 		opt->show_hunk_mark = 1;
 	opt->last_shown = 0;
 
-	if (buffer_is_binary(buf, size)) {
-		switch (opt->binary) {
-		case GREP_BINARY_DEFAULT:
+	switch (opt->binary) {
+	case GREP_BINARY_DEFAULT:
+		if (buffer_is_binary(buf, size))
 			binary_match_only = 1;
-			break;
-		case GREP_BINARY_NOMATCH:
+		break;
+	case GREP_BINARY_NOMATCH:
+		if (buffer_is_binary(buf, size))
 			return 0; /* Assume unmatch */
-			break;
-		default:
-			break;
-		}
+		break;
+	case GREP_BINARY_TEXT:
+		break;
+	default:
+		die("bug: unknown binary handling mode");
 	}
 
 	memset(&xecfg, 0, sizeof(xecfg));