diff --git a/util/openssl-format-source b/util/openssl-format-source
index 36ea43231c5f8349de6e487a304d12c24adc5f90..77645afe0e298eb8199c908d087559ae1db31889 100755
--- a/util/openssl-format-source
+++ b/util/openssl-format-source
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ do
 	      -e 's/(STACK_OF|LHASH_OF)\(([^ \t,\)]+)\)( |\n)/$1_$2_$3/g;' \
 	      | \
 	    perl -np \
-	      -e 's/^([ \t]*)\/\*([ \t]+.*)\*\/[ \t]*$/if (length("$1$2")<75) {$c="-"}else{$c=""}; "$1\/*$c$2*\/"/e;' \
+	      -e 's/^([ \t]*)\/\*([ \t]+.*)\*\/[ \t]*$/my ($x1,$x2) = ($1, $2); if (length("$x1$x2")<75 && $x2 !~ m#^\s*\*INDENT-(ON|OFF)\*\s*$#) {$c="-"}else{$c=""}; "$x1\/*$c$x2*\/"/e;' \
 	      -e 's/^\/\* ((Copyright|=|----).*)$/\/*-$1/;' \
 	      -e 's/^((DECLARE|IMPLEMENT)_(EXTERN_ASN1|ASN1|ADB|STACK_OF|PKCS12_STACK_OF).*)$/\/**INDENT-OFF**\/\n$1\n\/**INDENT-ON**\//;' \
 	      -e 's/^([ \t]*(make_dh|make_dh_bn|make_rfc5114_td)\(.*\)[ \t,]*)$/\/**INDENT-OFF**\/\n$1\n\/**INDENT-ON**\//;' \