diff --git a/libcob/move.c b/libcob/move.c
index a185a60f..b2041e1a 100644
--- a/libcob/move.c
+++ b/libcob/move.c
@@ -1014,12 +1014,13 @@ optimized_move_display_to_edited (cob_field *f1, cob_field *f2)
 	register unsigned char  *dst = f2->data;
 	register unsigned char  *src = f1->data;
 	const cob_pic_symbol  *p;
-	unsigned char *src_end = src + f1->size - 1;
+	unsigned char *src_last = src + f1->size - 1;
 	unsigned char *dst_end = f2->data + f2->size;
+	const int	sign = COB_GET_SIGN (f1);
 
 	unsigned char *prev_float_char = NULL;
 	unsigned char *sign_position   = NULL;
-	int   neg = 0;
+	const int   neg = (sign < 0) ? 1 : 0;
 	int   is_zero = 1;
 	int   suppress_zero = 1;
 	int   have_decimal_point = 0;
@@ -1037,9 +1038,7 @@ optimized_move_display_to_edited (cob_field *f1, cob_field *f2)
 	if (!(COB_FIELD_TYPE (f2) == COB_TYPE_NUMERIC_EDITED
 	 && COB_FIELD_DIGITS (f1) == COB_FIELD_DIGITS (f2)
 	 && COB_FIELD_SCALE (f1) == COB_FIELD_SCALE (f2)
-	 && COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN (f1) == COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN (f2)
-	 && ((COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN (f1) && (!COB_FIELD_SIGN_LEADING (f1) && COB_FIELD_SIGN_SEPARATE (f1)))
-			|| !COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN (f1)))) {
+	 && COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN (f1) == COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN (f2))) {
 		cob_runtime_error ("optimized_move_display_to_edited: invalid argument");
 	}
 #endif
@@ -1084,23 +1083,25 @@ optimized_move_display_to_edited (cob_field *f1, cob_field *f2)
 			}
 	}
 
+	if (COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN (f1) && COB_FIELD_SIGN_SEPARATE (f1) && COB_FIELD_SIGN_LEADING (f1)) {
+		src++;
+	}
+
 	/* first check for BLANK WHEN ZERO attribute	*/
 	/* Note that if the src field is signed then we	*/
 	/* scan for one less byte			*/
 	if (COB_FIELD_BLANK_ZERO (f2)) {
-		const unsigned char *check_end = COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN (f1) && COB_FIELD_SIGN_SEPARATE (f1) ? src_end - 1 : src_end;
-		for (; (src <= check_end) ; src++) {
-			if (*src != '0') break;
+		unsigned char *check = src;
+		unsigned char *check_end = COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN (f1) && COB_FIELD_SIGN_SEPARATE (f1) && !COB_FIELD_SIGN_LEADING (f1) ? src_last - 1 : src_last;
+		for (; (check <= check_end) ; check++) {
+			if (COB_D2I (*check) != 0) break;
 		}
-		if (src > check_end) {
+		if (check > check_end) {
 			memset (dst, ' ', f2->size);
+			/* Restore the source sign */
+			COB_PUT_SIGN (f1, sign);
 			return;
 		}
-		src = f1->data;
-	}
-
-	if (COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN (f1)) {
-		neg = (*src_end == '-') ? 1 : 0;
 	}
 
 	for (p = COB_FIELD_PIC (f2); p->symbol; ++p) {
@@ -1304,16 +1305,19 @@ optimized_move_display_to_edited (cob_field *f1, cob_field *f2)
 				}
 				/* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
 			} /* END OF SWITCH STATEMENT */
-		}   /* END OF INNER FOR LOOP   */
-	}     /* END OF OUTER FOR LOOP   */
+		} /* END OF INNER FOR LOOP   */
+	} /* END OF OUTER FOR LOOP   */
 
-			 /************************************************************/
-			 /*  after the edited string is built from the mask          */
-			 /*  then the sign mask has to be adjusted according to      */
-			 /*  the actual sign of the data.                            */
-			 /************************************************************/
+	/* Restore the source sign */
+	COB_PUT_SIGN (f1, sign);
+
+	/************************************************************/
+	/*  after the edited string is built from the mask          */
+	/*  then the sign mask has to be adjusted according to      */
+	/*  the actual sign of the data.                            */
+	/************************************************************/
 
-		/* if we have not printed any digits set destination to spaces and return */
+	/* if we have not printed any digits set destination to spaces and return */
 
 	if (suppress_zero) {
 		if (pad == '*') {
@@ -1691,9 +1695,9 @@ cob_move (cob_field *src, cob_field *dst)
 		case COB_TYPE_NUMERIC_EDITED:
 			if (COB_FIELD_DIGITS(src) == COB_FIELD_DIGITS(dst)
 			 && COB_FIELD_SCALE(src) == COB_FIELD_SCALE(dst)
-			 && COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN(src) == COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN(dst)
+			 && COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN(src) == COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN(dst) /*
 			 && ((COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN(src) && (!COB_FIELD_SIGN_LEADING(src) && COB_FIELD_SIGN_SEPARATE (src)))
-				|| COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN(src) == 0)) {
+				|| COB_FIELD_HAVE_SIGN(src) == 0) */ ) {
 				optimized_move_display_to_edited(src, dst);
 			} else {
 				indirect_move (cob_move_display_to_display, src, dst,
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.src/run_fundamental.at b/tests/testsuite.src/run_fundamental.at
index fbd4b0f4..5382887d 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.src/run_fundamental.at
+++ b/tests/testsuite.src/run_fundamental.at
@@ -7146,10 +7146,28 @@ AT_DATA([prog.cob], [
            MOVE -1234 TO W-Z.
            DISPLAY ' ===>' W-Z '<==='.
 
+           DISPLAY "EXTRA FROM SIGN LEADING SEPARATE".
+
+           MOVE 0 TO L.
+           MOVE SPACES TO L(1:3).
+           MOVE L TO W-X.
+           DISPLAY ' ===>' W-X '<==='.
+
+           MOVE "A" TO L(8:1).
+           DISPLAY ' ===>' W-X '<==='.
+
+           MOVE 1234 TO L.
+           MOVE SPACES TO L(1:3).
+           MOVE L TO W-X.
+           DISPLAY ' ===>' W-X '<==='.
+
+           MOVE "A" TO L(8:1).
+           DISPLAY ' ===>' W-X '<==='.
+
            STOP RUN.
 ])
 
-AT_CHECK([$COMPILE prog.cob], [0], [], [ignore])
+AT_CHECK([$COMPILE -fno-ec=EC-DATA-INCOMPATIBLE prog.cob], [0], [], [ignore])
 AT_CHECK([$COBCRUN_DIRECT ./prog], [0],
 [FROM SIGN LEADING
  ===>           <===
@@ -7203,6 +7221,11 @@ FROM SIGN TRAILING SEPARATE
  ===>+     12,34<===
  ===>-     12,34<===
  ===>-     12,34<===
+EXTRA FROM SIGN LEADING SEPARATE
+ ===>           <===
+ ===>           <===
+ ===>     012,34<===
+ ===>     012,34<===
 ])
 
 AT_CLEANUP