1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index 46bda93b2..6644d7d6f 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -2351,16 +2351,15 @@ static char *awk_printf(node *n, size_t *len)
                         c = *f;
                         if (!c) /* no percent chars found at all */
                                 goto nul;
-                        if (c == '%') {
-                                c = *++f;
-                                if (!c) /* we are past % in "....%" */
-                                        goto nul;
-                                break;
-                        }
                         f++;
+                        if (c == '%')
+                                break;
                 }
-                /* we are past % in "....%...", c == char after % */
-                if (c == '%') { /* double % */
+                /* we are past % in "....%..." */
+                c = *f;
+                if (!c) /* "....%" */
+                        goto nul;
+                if (c == '%') { /* "....%%...." */
                         slen = f - s;
                         s = xstrndup(s, slen);
                         f++;