1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index d0a8846b9..2d6773b65 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static uint32_t next_token(uint32_t expected)
                         while (*p != '/') {
                                 if (*p == '\0' || *p == '\n')
                                         syntax_error(EMSG_UNEXP_EOS);
-                                *s++ = *p++;
+                                *s = *p++;
                                 if (*s++ == '\\') {
                                         pp = p;
                                         *(s-1) = bb_process_escape_sequence((const char **)&p);