1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index 087be44a5..d00fcafb1 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -959,10 +959,11 @@ static uint32_t next_token(uint32_t expected)
                                 }
                                 *(p-1) = '\0';
                                 tc = TC_VARIABLE;
+                                /* also consume whitespace between functionname and bracket */
+                                skip_spaces(&p);
                                 if (*p == '(') {
                                         tc = TC_FUNCTION;
                                 } else {
-                                        skip_spaces(&p);
                                         if (*p == '[') {
                                                 p++;
                                                 tc = TC_ARRAY;