diff --git a/crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl b/crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl
index 78832fc..74fb32f 100755
--- a/crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl
+++ b/crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@
 				    $$line = $globals{$$line} if ($prefix);
 				    last;
 				  };
-		/\.type/    && do { my ($sym,$type,$narg) = split(',',$$line);
+		/\.type/    && do { my ($sym,$type,$narg) = split(/\s*,\s*/,$$line);
 				    if ($type eq "\@function") {
 					undef $current_function;
 					$current_function->{name} = $sym;