diff --git a/src/actions/actions.ts b/src/actions/actions.ts
index 1e2310e8254..7fb509a2dbd 100644
--- a/src/actions/actions.ts
+++ b/src/actions/actions.ts
@@ -3258,8 +3258,8 @@ class MoveNonBlankLast extends BaseMovement {
 export class MoveWordBegin extends BaseMovement {
   keys = ["w"];
 
-  public async execAction(position: Position, vimState: VimState): Promise<Position> {
-    if (vimState.recordedState.operator instanceof ChangeOperator) {
+  public async execAction(position: Position, vimState: VimState, isLastIteration: boolean = false): Promise<Position> {
+    if (isLastIteration && vimState.recordedState.operator instanceof ChangeOperator) {
       if (TextEditor.getLineAt(position).text.length < 1) {
         return position;
       }
@@ -3286,7 +3286,7 @@ export class MoveWordBegin extends BaseMovement {
   }
 
   public async execActionForOperator(position: Position, vimState: VimState): Promise<Position> {
-    const result = await this.execAction(position, vimState);
+    const result = await this.execAction(position, vimState, true);
 
     /*
     From the Vim documentation:
diff --git a/test/mode/modeNormal.test.ts b/test/mode/modeNormal.test.ts
index b056c33e3bf..5c52cf9bb92 100644
--- a/test/mode/modeNormal.test.ts
+++ b/test/mode/modeNormal.test.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,22 @@ suite("Mode Normal", () => {
       endMode: ModeName.Insert
     });
 
+    newTest({
+      title: "Can handle 'cw' without deleting following white spaces",
+      start: ['|const a = 1;'],
+      keysPressed: 'cw',
+      end: ['| a = 1;'],
+      endMode: ModeName.Insert
+    });
+
+    newTest({
+      title: "Can handle 'c2w'",
+      start: ['|const a = 1;'],
+      keysPressed: 'c2w',
+      end: ['| = 1;'],
+      endMode: ModeName.Insert
+    });
+
     newTest({
       title: "Can handle 'cw' without removing EOL",
       start: ['|text;', 'text'],