1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el b/lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el
index 96924899ea3..f8375d7fe36 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ indentation change \(in columns)."
                (save-excursion
                  (beginning-of-line)
                  (looking-at (if line-cont-backslash
-                                 "\\(\\s *\\)\\\\$"
-                               "\\(\\s *\\)$")))
+                                 ;; Don't use "\\s " - ^L doesn't count as WS
+                                 ;; here
+                                 "\\([ \t]*\\)\\\\$"
+                               "\\([ \t]*\\)$")))
                (<= (point) (match-end 1)))
       ;; Delete all whitespace after point if there's only whitespace
       ;; on the line, so that any code that does back-to-indentation