1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index e91c37678..b776dd796 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ static int awk_split(char *s, node *spl, char **slist)
                 }
         } else {                                /* space split */
                 while (*s) {
-                        while (isspace(*s)) s++;
+                        s = skip_whitespace(s);
                         if (! *s) break;
                         n++;
                         while (*s && !isspace(*s))