diff --git a/ase/awk/parse.c b/ase/awk/parse.c
index 552ca06e..367104f0 100644
--- a/ase/awk/parse.c
+++ b/ase/awk/parse.c
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ static int parse (ase_awk_t* awk)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (awk->option & ASE_AWK_EXPLICIT)
+		if ((awk->option & ASE_AWK_EXPLICIT) &&
+		    !(awk->option & ASE_AWK_IMPLICIT))
 		{
 			ase_size_t sz;