1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
index 63b7ceb6ed0..052df4eedda 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
@@ -4355,7 +4355,7 @@ indentation and initial hashes.  Behaves usually outside of comment."
          fill-column)
       (let ((c (save-excursion (beginning-of-line)
                                (cperl-to-comment-or-eol) (point)))
-            (s (memq (following-char) '(?\ ?\t))) marker)
+            (s (memq (following-char) '(?\s ?\t))) marker)
         (if (>= c (point))
             ;; Don't break line inside code: only inside comment.
             nil
@@ -4366,11 +4366,11 @@ indentation and initial hashes.  Behaves usually outside of comment."
           (if (bolp) (progn (re-search-forward "#+[ \t]*")
                             (goto-char (match-end 0))))
           ;; Following space could have gone:
-          (if (or (not s) (memq (following-char) '(?\ ?\t))) nil
+          (if (or (not s) (memq (following-char) '(?\s ?\t))) nil
             (insert " ")
             (backward-char 1))
           ;; Previous space could have gone:
-          (or (memq (preceding-char) '(?\ ?\t)) (insert " "))))))
+          (or (memq (preceding-char) '(?\s ?\t)) (insert " "))))))
 
 (defun cperl-imenu-addback (lst &optional isback name)
   ;; We suppose that the lst is a DAG, unless the first element only