1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 7c46ba5cc..90c103888 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -331,8 +331,10 @@ static void re_wrap(void)
                 *d = *s;
                 if (*d != '\0') {
                         new_line_pos++;
-                        if (*d == '\t') /* tab */
+                        if (*d == '\t') { /* tab */
                                 new_line_pos += 7;
+                                new_line_pos &= (~7);
+                        }
                         s++;
                         d++;
                         if (new_line_pos >= w) {