diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index c1cb2a2e2..ed8b0f20f 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ static node *parse_expr(unsigned long iexp) {
 			cn->a.n = vn;
 			xtc = TC_OPERAND | TC_UOPPRE | TC_REGEXP;
 			if (tc & (TC_OPERAND | TC_REGEXP)) {
-				xtc = TC_UOPPRE | TC_BINOP | TC_OPERAND | iexp;
+				xtc = TC_UOPPRE | TC_UOPPOST | TC_BINOP | TC_OPERAND | iexp;
 				/* one should be very careful with switch on tclass -
 				 * only simple tclasses should be used! */
 				switch (tc) {
@@ -1101,7 +1101,6 @@ static node *parse_expr(unsigned long iexp) {
 						cn->info |= xS;
 						cn->r.n = parse_expr(TC_ARRTERM);
 					}
-					xtc = TC_UOPPOST | TC_UOPPRE | TC_BINOP | TC_OPERAND | iexp;
 					break;
 				
 				  case TC_NUMBER: