diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b4491e394..fb3e52d95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ clean: archclean $(clean-dirs)
 	$(call cmd,rmdirs)
 	$(call cmd,rmfiles)
 	@find . $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
-	 	\( -name '*.[oas]' -o -name '*.ko' -o -name '.*.cmd' \
+		\( -name '*.[oas]' -o -name '*.ko' -o -name '.*.cmd' \
 		-o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \) \
 		-type f -print | xargs rm -f
 
@@ -984,9 +984,9 @@ PHONY += distclean
 
 distclean: mrproper
 	@find $(srctree) $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
-	 	\( -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*~' \
+		\( -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*~' \
 		-o -name '*.bak' -o -name '#*#' -o -name '.*.orig' \
-	 	-o -name '.*.rej' -o -name '*.tmp' -o -size 0 \
+		-o -name '.*.rej' -o -name '*.tmp' -o -size 0 \
 		-o -name '*%' -o -name '.*.cmd' -o -name 'core' \) \
 		-type f -print | xargs rm -f
 
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ clean:	rm-dirs := $(MODVERDIR)
 clean: $(clean-dirs)
 	$(call cmd,rmdirs)
 	@find $(KBUILD_EXTMOD) $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
-	 	\( -name '*.[oas]' -o -name '*.ko' -o -name '.*.cmd' \
+		\( -name '*.[oas]' -o -name '*.ko' -o -name '.*.cmd' \
 		-o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \) \
 		-type f -print | xargs rm -f
 
diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index 28913d2e3..671aae7cc 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ static char **create_list(const char *filename)
 	file_list = NULL;
 	count = 0;
 	while ((line = xmalloc_fgetline(list_stream)) != NULL) {
-//TODO: zeroing xrealloc_vector? 
+//TODO: zeroing xrealloc_vector?
 		file_list = xrealloc_vector(file_list, 2, count);
 		file_list[count++] = line;
 		file_list[count] = NULL;
diff --git a/scripts/fix_ws.sh b/scripts/fix_ws.sh
index 89fce959a..e7cf529a4 100755
--- a/scripts/fix_ws.sh
+++ b/scripts/fix_ws.sh
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ find "$@" -type f \
     # shell testsuite entries are not to be touched too
     test "YES" = "${name/*.right/YES}" && continue
 
-    if test "YES" = "${name/*.[ch]/YES}" \
+    if test "YES" = "${name/*.[chsS]/YES}" \
 	-o "YES" = "${name/*.sh/YES}" \
 	-o "YES" = "${name/*.txt/YES}" \
 	-o "YES" = "${name/*.html/YES}" \
 	-o "YES" = "${name/*.htm/YES}" \
-	-o "YES" = "${name/*Makefile*/YES}" \
-	-o "YES" = "${name/*Kbuild*/YES}" \
 	-o "YES" = "${name/*Config.in*/YES}" \
     ; then
     # More aggressive whitespace fixes for known file types
@@ -46,6 +44,18 @@ find "$@" -type f \
 	      -e "$tab17sptab_tabtab" -e "$tab17sptab_tabtab" \
 	      -e "$tab17sptab_tabtab" -e "$tab17sptab_tabtab" \
 	| sed "$trailingws_"
+    elif test "YES" = "${name/*Makefile*/YES}" \
+	-o "YES" = "${name/*Kbuild*/YES}" \
+    ; then
+    # For Makefiles, never convert "1-7spaces+tab" into "tabtab"
+	echo "Makefile: $name" >&2
+	cat "$name" \
+	| sed -e "$tab8sptab_tabtabtab" -e "$tab8sptab_tabtabtab" \
+	      -e "$tab8sptab_tabtabtab" -e "$tab8sptab_tabtabtab" \
+	| sed -e "$tab17sptab_tabtab" -e "$tab17sptab_tabtab" \
+	      -e "$tab17sptab_tabtab" -e "$tab17sptab_tabtab" \
+	      -e "$tab17sptab_tabtab" -e "$tab17sptab_tabtab" \
+	| sed "$trailingws_"
     else
     # Only remove trailing WS for the rest
 	echo "Removing trailing whitespace: $name" >&2