diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index d9f44b2..bc5eaa4 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@
 skipwhite_and_linebreak(char_u *arg, evalarg_T *evalarg)
 {
     int	    getnext;
-    char_u  *p = skipwhite(arg);
+    char_u  *p = skipwhite_and_nl(arg);
 
     if (evalarg == NULL)
 	return skipwhite(arg);