diff --git a/Lib/sre_parse.py b/Lib/sre_parse.py
index 55de24c5c1b..f4741c9bd96 100644
--- a/Lib/sre_parse.py
+++ b/Lib/sre_parse.py
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ def parse_template(source, pattern):
                 while 1:
                     group = _group(this, pattern.groups+1)
                     if group:
-                        if (not s.next or
+                        if (s.next not in DIGITS or
                             not _group(this + s.next, pattern.groups+1)):
                             code = MARK, int(group)
                             break
diff --git a/Lib/test/re_tests.py b/Lib/test/re_tests.py
index 7eac04cb8f4..3a25d511afe 100755
--- a/Lib/test/re_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/re_tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- mode: python -*-
-# $Id$
 
 # Re test suite and benchmark suite v1.5
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sre.py b/Lib/test/test_sre.py
index d3e9dbe3674..373efa0a12e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sre.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sre.py
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ def bump_num(matchobj):
 test(r"""sre.sub(r'a', 'b', 'aaaaa')""", 'bbbbb')
 test(r"""sre.sub(r'a', 'b', 'aaaaa', 1)""", 'baaaa')
 
+# bug 114660
+test(r"""sre.sub(r'(\S)\s+(\S)', r'\1 \2', 'hello  there')""", 'hello there')
+
 if verbose:
     print 'Running tests on symbolic references'