diff --git a/libc/src/string/string_utils.h b/libc/src/string/string_utils.h
index 80e5783c7890b..20d3b223c822d 100644
--- a/libc/src/string/string_utils.h
+++ b/libc/src/string/string_utils.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ LIBC_INLINE size_t complementary_span(const char *src, const char *segment) {
   return static_cast<size_t>(src - initial);
 }
 
-// Given the similarities between strtok and strtok_r, we can implement both
+// Given the similarities between strsep/strtok/strtok_r, we can implement them
 // using a utility function. On the first call, 'src' is scanned for the
 // first character not found in 'delimiter_string'. Once found, it scans until
 // the first character in the 'delimiter_string' or the null terminator is
@@ -184,33 +184,36 @@ LIBC_INLINE size_t complementary_span(const char *src, const char *segment) {
 template <bool SkipDelim = true>
 LIBC_INLINE char *string_token(char *__restrict src,
                                const char *__restrict delimiter_string,
-                               char **__restrict saveptr) {
-  // Return nullptr immediately if both src AND saveptr are nullptr
-  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(src == nullptr && ((src = *saveptr) == nullptr)))
+                               char **__restrict context) {
+  // Return nullptr immediately if both src AND context are nullptr
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(src == nullptr && ((src = *context) == nullptr)))
     return nullptr;
 
   static_assert(CHAR_BIT == 8, "bitset of 256 assumes char is 8 bits");
-  cpp::bitset<256> delimiter_set;
+  cpp::bitset<256> delims;
   for (; *delimiter_string != '\0'; ++delimiter_string)
-    delimiter_set.set(static_cast<size_t>(*delimiter_string));
+    delims.set(static_cast<size_t>(*delimiter_string));
 
+  char *tok_start = src;
   if constexpr (SkipDelim)
-    for (; *src != '\0' && delimiter_set.test(static_cast<size_t>(*src)); ++src)
-      ;
-  if (*src == '\0') {
-    *saveptr = src;
+    while (*tok_start != '\0' && delims.test(static_cast<size_t>(*tok_start)))
+      ++tok_start;
+  if (*tok_start == '\0' && SkipDelim) {
+    *context = nullptr;
     return nullptr;
   }
-  char *token = src;
-  for (; *src != '\0'; ++src) {
-    if (delimiter_set.test(static_cast<size_t>(*src))) {
-      *src = '\0';
-      ++src;
-      break;
-    }
+
+  char *tok_end = tok_start;
+  while (*tok_end != '\0' && !delims.test(static_cast<size_t>(*tok_end)))
+    ++tok_end;
+
+  if (*tok_end == '\0') {
+    *context = nullptr;
+  } else {
+    *tok_end = '\0';
+    *context = tok_end + 1;
   }
-  *saveptr = src;
-  return token;
+  return tok_start;
 }
 
 LIBC_INLINE size_t strlcpy(char *__restrict dst, const char *__restrict src,
diff --git a/libc/test/src/string/strsep_test.cpp b/libc/test/src/string/strsep_test.cpp
index 06318dea4cb68..f902fd1b6d5c2 100644
--- a/libc/test/src/string/strsep_test.cpp
+++ b/libc/test/src/string/strsep_test.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ TEST(LlvmLibcStrsepTest, DelimitersShouldNotBeIncludedInToken) {
   }
 }
 
+TEST(LlvmLibcStrsepTest, SubsequentSearchesReturnNull) {
+  char s[] = "a";
+  char *string = s;
+  ASSERT_STREQ(LIBC_NAMESPACE::strsep(&string, ":"), "a");
+  ASSERT_EQ(LIBC_NAMESPACE::strsep(&string, ":"), nullptr);
+  ASSERT_EQ(LIBC_NAMESPACE::strsep(&string, ":"), nullptr);
+}
+
 #if defined(LIBC_ADD_NULL_CHECKS)
 
 TEST(LlvmLibcStrsepTest, CrashOnNullPtr) {
diff --git a/libc/test/src/string/strtok_r_test.cpp b/libc/test/src/string/strtok_r_test.cpp
index fdc27bae23c97..a19390d0b0c2d 100644
--- a/libc/test/src/string/strtok_r_test.cpp
+++ b/libc/test/src/string/strtok_r_test.cpp
@@ -122,3 +122,12 @@ TEST(LlvmLibcStrTokReentrantTest, DelimitersShouldNotBeIncludedInToken) {
   token = LIBC_NAMESPACE::strtok_r(nullptr, "_:,_", &reserve);
   ASSERT_STREQ(token, nullptr);
 }
+
+TEST(LlvmLibcStrTokReentrantTest, SubsequentSearchesReturnNull) {
+  char src[] = "a";
+  char *reserve = nullptr;
+  char *token = LIBC_NAMESPACE::strtok_r(src, ":", &reserve);
+  ASSERT_STREQ(token, "a");
+  ASSERT_EQ(LIBC_NAMESPACE::strtok_r(nullptr, ":", &reserve), nullptr);
+  ASSERT_EQ(LIBC_NAMESPACE::strtok_r(nullptr, ":", &reserve), nullptr);
+}
diff --git a/libc/test/src/string/strtok_test.cpp b/libc/test/src/string/strtok_test.cpp
index b82065309e00c..76efeddda6f4a 100644
--- a/libc/test/src/string/strtok_test.cpp
+++ b/libc/test/src/string/strtok_test.cpp
@@ -76,3 +76,10 @@ TEST(LlvmLibcStrTokTest, DelimitersShouldNotBeIncludedInToken) {
   token = LIBC_NAMESPACE::strtok(nullptr, "_:,_");
   ASSERT_STREQ(token, nullptr);
 }
+
+TEST(LlvmLibcStrTokTest, SubsequentSearchesReturnNull) {
+  char src[] = "a";
+  ASSERT_STREQ("a", LIBC_NAMESPACE::strtok(src, ":"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(LIBC_NAMESPACE::strtok(nullptr, ":"), nullptr);
+  ASSERT_EQ(LIBC_NAMESPACE::strtok(nullptr, ":"), nullptr);
+}