diff --git a/syntax/cpp.vim b/syntax/cpp.vim
index 7da5fb0..2738d72 100644
--- a/syntax/cpp.vim
+++ b/syntax/cpp.vim
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if !exists('cpp_no_cpp11')
   " Both `delete` and `default` are keywords which normally take precidence,
   " however if the match starts before the beginning of the keyword it will be
   " chosen instead so we can specialze for this case.
-  syn match cppStatement '=\s\+\(delete\|default\)\ze\s*;\?' contains=cOperator display
+  syn match cppStatement '=\s*\(delete\|default\)\ze\s*;\?' contains=cOperator display
 endif
 
 " C++14