diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 2953d5dc1e..66768110c6 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-03-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* app.c (do_scrub_chars): Don't lose spaces before a slash.
+
 2021-03-18  Christian Groessler  <chris@groessler.org>
 
 	* config/tc-z8k.c (apply_fix): Handle 7-bit relocations correctly.
diff --git a/gas/app.c b/gas/app.c
index 89b39130bf..712bffef85 100644
--- a/gas/app.c
+++ b/gas/app.c
@@ -874,7 +874,6 @@ do_scrub_chars (size_t (*get) (char *, size_t), char *tostart, size_t tolen)
 	    }
 #endif
 	  if (IS_COMMENT (ch)
-	      || ch == '/'
 	      || IS_LINE_SEPARATOR (ch)
 	      || IS_PARALLEL_SEPARATOR (ch))
 	    {