1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index 079d0bde5..728ee8685 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -3128,6 +3128,9 @@ static var *evaluate(node *op, var *res)
 
                 case XC( OC_MOVE ):
                         debug_printf_eval("MOVE\n");
+                        /* make sure that we never return a temp var */
+                        if (L.v == TMPVAR0)
+                                L.v = res;
                         /* if source is a temporary string, jusk relink it to dest */
                         if (R.v == TMPVAR1
                          && !(R.v->type & VF_NUMBER)