1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index fb58f6279..3354385a4 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ static char *get_key(char *str, struct sort_key *key, int flags)
                         for(i=1;i<key->range[2*j]+j;i++) {
                                 /* Skip leading blanks or first separator */
                                 if(str[end]) {
-                                        if(key_separator) {
-                                                if(str[end]==key_separator) end++;
-                                        } else if(isspace(str[end]))
+                                        if(!key_separator && isspace(str[end]))
                                                 while(isspace(str[end])) end++;
                                 }
                                 /* Skip body of key */