diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ply/plyfile.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/ply/plyfile.cpp
index c59caa95d..5754464c3 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ply/plyfile.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ply/plyfile.cpp
@@ -1916,10 +1916,9 @@ char **get_words(FILE *fp, int *nwords, char **orig_line)
       *ptr = ' ';
       *ptr2 = ' ';
     }
-    else if (*ptr == '\n') {
+    else if (*ptr == '\n' || *ptr == '\r') {
       *ptr = ' ';
       *ptr2 = '\0';
-      break;
     }
   }