diff --git a/usr.bin/sed/compile.c b/usr.bin/sed/compile.c
index 758295de358e..300a77fb3258 100644
--- a/usr.bin/sed/compile.c
+++ b/usr.bin/sed/compile.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: compile.c,v 1.46 2015/03/12 12:40:41 christos Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: compile.c,v 1.47 2016/04/05 00:13:03 christos Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1992 Diomidis Spinellis.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: compile.c,v 1.46 2015/03/12 12:40:41 christos Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: compile.c,v 1.47 2016/04/05 00:13:03 christos Exp $");
 #ifdef __FBSDID
 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/sed/compile.c 259132 2013-12-09 18:57:20Z eadler $");
 #endif
@@ -747,7 +747,6 @@ compile_text(void)
 	while (cu_fgets(lbuf, sizeof(lbuf), NULL)) {
 		op = s = text + size;
 		p = lbuf;
-		EATSPACE();
 		for (esc_nl = 0; *p != '\0'; p++) {
 			if (*p == '\\' && p[1] != '\0' && *++p == '\n')
 				esc_nl = 1;