diff --git a/OpenCL/inc_rp.cl b/OpenCL/inc_rp.cl
index 9a50e1802..8cecc661d 100644
--- a/OpenCL/inc_rp.cl
+++ b/OpenCL/inc_rp.cl
@@ -688,7 +688,9 @@ DECLSPEC int mangle_dupeblock_last (MAYBE_UNUSED const u8 p0, MAYBE_UNUSED const
 
 DECLSPEC int mangle_title_sep (MAYBE_UNUSED const u8 p0, MAYBE_UNUSED const u8 p1, u32 *buf, const int len)
 {
-  if ((len + 4) >= RP_PASSWORD_SIZE) return (len); // cheap way to not need to check for overflow of i + 1
+  if (len >= RP_PASSWORD_SIZE) return (len);
+
+  u32 rem = 0xff;
 
   for (int i = 0, idx = 0; i < len; i += 4, idx += 1)
   {
@@ -696,21 +698,17 @@ DECLSPEC int mangle_title_sep (MAYBE_UNUSED const u8 p0, MAYBE_UNUSED const u8 p
 
     buf[idx] = t | generate_cmask (t);
 
-    u32 out0 = 0;
-    u32 out1 = 0;
-
-    if (((t >>  0) & 0xff) == p0) out0 |= 0x0000ff00;
-    if (((t >>  8) & 0xff) == p0) out0 |= 0x00ff0000;
-    if (((t >> 16) & 0xff) == p0) out0 |= 0xff000000;
-    if (((t >> 24) & 0xff) == p0) out1 |= 0x000000ff;
+    u32 out = rem;
 
-    buf[idx + 0] &= ~(generate_cmask (buf[idx + 0]) & out0);
-    buf[idx + 1] &= ~(generate_cmask (buf[idx + 1]) & out1);
-  }
+    rem = 0;
 
-  const u32 t = buf[0];
+    if (((t >>  0) & 0xff) == p0) out |= 0x0000ff00;
+    if (((t >>  8) & 0xff) == p0) out |= 0x00ff0000;
+    if (((t >> 16) & 0xff) == p0) out |= 0xff000000;
+    if (((t >> 24) & 0xff) == p0) rem |= 0x000000ff;
 
-  buf[0] = t & ~(0x00000020 & generate_cmask (t));
+    buf[idx] &= ~(generate_cmask (buf[idx]) & out);
+  }
 
   return (len);
 }
diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index fa3d12ab9..ae3649c8c 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 * changes v6.2.2 -> v6.2.x
 
+##
+## Bugs
+##
+
+- Fixed 'E' rule in pure kernel mode which was ignoring letters that are in positions that are multiples of 4
+
+
 * changes v6.2.1 -> v6.2.2
 
 ##