diff --git a/libavcodec/ass_split.c b/libavcodec/ass_split.c
index 2a3b76445e..a0b72542c7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ass_split.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ass_split.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static const char *ass_split_section(ASSSplitContext *ctx, const char *buf)
                         break;
                     }
                 (*number)++;
-                buf = skip_space(buf + len + 1);
+                buf = skip_space(buf + len + (buf[len] == ','));
             }
             ctx->field_order[ctx->current_section] = order;
         } else if (section->fields_header) {