1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 5c53cbdbf..b38fcf766 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -512,16 +512,6 @@ static void read_lines(void)
                                 *--p = '\0';
                                 continue;
                         }
-                        {
-                                size_t new_last_line_pos = last_line_pos + 1;
-                                if (c == '\t') {
-                                        new_last_line_pos += 7;
-                                        new_last_line_pos &= (~7);
-                                }
-                                if ((int)new_last_line_pos >= w)
-                                        break;
-                                last_line_pos = new_last_line_pos;
-                        }
                         /* ok, we will eat this char */
                         readpos++;
                         if (c == '\n') {
@@ -533,6 +523,16 @@ static void read_lines(void)
                         if (c == '\0') c = '\n';
                         *p++ = c;
                         *p = '\0';
+                        {
+                                size_t new_last_line_pos = last_line_pos + 1;
+                                if (c == '\t') {
+                                        new_last_line_pos += 7;
+                                        new_last_line_pos &= (~7);
+                                }
+                                if ((int)new_last_line_pos >= w)
+                                        break;
+                                last_line_pos = new_last_line_pos;
+                        }
                 } /* end of "read chars until we have a line" loop */
 #if 0
 //BUG: also triggers on this: