diff --git a/src/frontend/postcoms.c b/src/frontend/postcoms.c
index f53d7cb88..b092cd4d6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/postcoms.c
+++ b/src/frontend/postcoms.c
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ struct pnode* ft_getpnames_quotes(wordlist* wl, bool check)
         DS_CREATE(dsquote, 100); /* only the quoted strings*/
         /* put double quotes around tokens which start with math or number chars */
         while (*tmpstr != '\0') {
-            /*check if we have v(something) at the beginning after arithchar or space */
-            if ((tmpstr[0] == 'v' || tmpstr[0] == 'V') && tmpstr[1] == '(' && (nsz == tmpstr || isspace_c(tmpstr[-1]) || is_arith_char(tmpstr[-1]) || tmpstr[-1] == '.')) {
+            /*check if we have v(something) at the beginning after arithchar or space,
+              skip V(" (already quoted) */
+            if ((tmpstr[0] == 'v' || tmpstr[0] == 'V') && tmpstr[1] == '(' && !tmpstr[2] == '\"' &&
+                    (nsz == tmpstr || isspace_c(tmpstr[-1]) || is_arith_char(tmpstr[-1]) || tmpstr[-1] == '.')) {
                 char* tmpstr2, * partoken2 = NULL;
                 tmpstr += 2;
                 /* get the complete zzz of v(zzz) */