diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/preamble.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/preamble.cpp
index 1e8f038866..608a9c0519 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/preamble.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/preamble.cpp
@@ -871,9 +871,6 @@ void parse_preamble(Parser & p, ostream & os,
 
 		else if (!t.cs().empty() && !in_lyx_preamble)
 			h_preamble << '\\' << t.cs();
-
-		// remove the whitespace
-		p.skip_spaces();
 	}
 
 	// remove the whitespace
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index 43dd48c4cb..d20df98647 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix a crash when a document includes itself (bug 6503).
 
+- Fix the parsing of spaces in the preamble of tex files (bug 6474).
+
 - Export the image when generating a preview, after an image
   reload (bug 6356).