diff --git a/src/tokenize_util.cpp b/src/tokenize_util.cpp
index bc0ff1d5a..22cf8ae2e 100644
--- a/src/tokenize_util.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize_util.cpp
@@ -919,15 +919,21 @@ std::vector<std::string> token_split(const std::string& text) {
 
         // `\s*[\r\n]+|\s+(?!\S)|\s+`
         if (is_space(cp)) {
-            std::string token = codepoint_to_utf8(cp);
-            ++i;
+            std::string token;
+            bool saw_new_line = false;
 
             while (i < cps.size() && is_space(cps[i])) {
                 token += codepoint_to_utf8(cps[i]);
-                ++i;
+
                 if (cps[i] == U'\r' || cps[i] == U'\n') {
-                    break;
+                    saw_new_line = true;
+                } else {
+                    if (saw_new_line) {
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
+
+                ++i;
             }
 
             tokens.push_back(token);