diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ctc/wstx/sw/BufferingXmlWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/ctc/wstx/sw/BufferingXmlWriter.java
index 865138e0..949b0183 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ctc/wstx/sw/BufferingXmlWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ctc/wstx/sw/BufferingXmlWriter.java
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ public void writeCharacters(String text) throws IOException
                 if (c < MAXQC) {
                     if (QC[c] != 0) {
                         if (c < 0x0020) {
-                            if (c != ' ' && c != '\n' && c != '\t') { // fine as is
+                            if (c != '\n' && c != '\t') { // fine as is
                                 if (c == '\r') {
                                     if (mEscapeCR) {
                                         break inner_loop;