1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 93faf00c2..84aea9b0a 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -401,8 +401,10 @@ static char *parse_cmd_str(struct sed_cmd * const sed_cmd, const char *const cmd
                 idx = get_address(sed_cmd, cmdstr, &sed_cmd->beg_line, &sed_cmd->beg_match);
 
         /* second part (if present) will begin with a comma */
-        if (cmdstr[idx] == ',')
-                idx += get_address(sed_cmd, &cmdstr[++idx], &sed_cmd->end_line, &sed_cmd->end_match);
+        if (cmdstr[idx] == ',') {
+                idx++;
+                idx += get_address(sed_cmd, &cmdstr[idx], &sed_cmd->end_line, &sed_cmd->end_match);
+        }
 
         /* skip whitespace before the command */
         while (isspace(cmdstr[idx]))