diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 5316b6ba6..53c6d6478 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -711,11 +711,11 @@ inp_readall(FILE *fp, int call_depth, char *dir_name, bool comfile, bool intfile
 
     working = cc->li_next;
 
-    inp_fix_for_numparam(working);
-    inp_remove_excess_ws(working);
-
     if (call_depth == 0) {
 
+        inp_fix_for_numparam(working);
+        inp_remove_excess_ws(working);
+
         comment_out_unused_subckt_models(working, line_number);
 
         line_number = inp_split_multi_param_lines(working, line_number);