diff --git a/include/asm/lexer.hpp b/include/asm/lexer.hpp
index 899453d0..38e6e168 100644
--- a/include/asm/lexer.hpp
+++ b/include/asm/lexer.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "platform.hpp" // SSIZE_MAX
 
 #define LEXER_BUF_SIZE 128
-// The buffer needs to be large enough for the maximum `peekInternal` lookahead distance
+// The buffer needs to be large enough for the maximum `lexerState->peek()` lookahead distance
 static_assert(LEXER_BUF_SIZE > 1, "Lexer buffer size is too small");
 // This caps the size of buffer reads, and according to POSIX, passing more than SSIZE_MAX is UB
 static_assert(LEXER_BUF_SIZE <= SSIZE_MAX, "Lexer buffer size is too large");
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct ViewedContent {
 
 	bool canPeek(uint8_t distance) const { return offset + distance < span.size; }
 	uint8_t peek(uint8_t distance) const { return span.ptr[offset + distance]; }
+
 	std::shared_ptr<char[]> makeSharedContentPtr() const {
 		return std::shared_ptr<char[]>(span.ptr, &span.ptr[offset]);
 	}
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ struct LexerState {
 
 	~LexerState();
 
+	int peek(uint8_t distance);
+
 	std::shared_ptr<char[]> makeSharedCaptureBufPtr() const {
 		return std::shared_ptr<char[]>(captureBuf, captureBuf->data());
 	}
diff --git a/src/asm/lexer.cpp b/src/asm/lexer.cpp
index 03581060..8e853716 100644
--- a/src/asm/lexer.cpp
+++ b/src/asm/lexer.cpp
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ bool LexerState::setFileAsNextState(std::string const &filePath, bool updateStat
 }
 
 void LexerState::setViewAsNextState(char const *name, ContentSpan const &span, uint32_t lineNo_) {
-	path = name; // Used to report read errors in `peekInternal`
+	path = name; // Used to report read errors in `.peek()`
 	content.emplace<ViewedContent>(span);
 	clear(lineNo_);
 	lexerStateEOL = this;
@@ -687,35 +687,33 @@ static std::shared_ptr<std::string> readMacroArg(char name) {
 	}
 }
 
-// We only need one character of lookahead, for macro arguments
-static int peekInternal(uint8_t distance) {
-	for (Expansion &exp : lexerState->expansions) {
+int LexerState::peek(uint8_t distance) {
+	// We only need one character of lookahead, for macro arguments
+	assert(distance == 0 || distance == 1);
+
+	for (Expansion &exp : expansions) {
 		// An expansion that has reached its end will have `exp->offset` == `exp->size()`,
-		// and `peekInternal` will continue with its parent
+		// and `.peek()` will continue with its parent
 		assert(exp.offset <= exp.size());
 		if (exp.canPeek(distance))
 			return exp.peek(distance);
 		distance -= exp.size() - exp.offset;
 	}
 
-	if (auto *view = std::get_if<ViewedContent>(&lexerState->content); view) {
+	if (auto *view = std::get_if<ViewedContent>(&content); view) {
 		if (view->canPeek(distance))
 			return view->peek(distance);
-		return EOF;
 	} else {
-		assert(std::holds_alternative<BufferedContent>(lexerState->content));
-		auto &cbuf = std::get<BufferedContent>(lexerState->content);
-
+		assert(std::holds_alternative<BufferedContent>(content));
+		auto &cbuf = std::get<BufferedContent>(content);
 		assert(distance < LEXER_BUF_SIZE);
+		if (!cbuf.canPeek(distance))
+			cbuf.refill(); // Buffer isn't full enough, read some chars in
 		if (cbuf.canPeek(distance))
 			return cbuf.peek(distance);
-		// Buffer isn't full enough, read some chars in
-		cbuf.refill();
-		if (cbuf.canPeek(distance))
-			return cbuf.peek(distance);
-		// If there aren't enough chars even after refilling, give up
-		return EOF;
 	}
+	// If there aren't enough chars, give up
+	return EOF;
 }
 
 // forward declarations for peek
@@ -723,7 +721,7 @@ static void shiftChar();
 static std::shared_ptr<std::string> readInterpolation(size_t depth);
 
 static int peek() {
-	int c = peekInternal(0);
+	int c = lexerState->peek(0);
 
 	if (lexerState->macroArgScanDistance > 0)
 		return c;
@@ -733,7 +731,7 @@ static int peek() {
 	if (c == '\\' && !lexerState->disableMacroArgs) {
 		// If character is a backslash, check for a macro arg
 		lexerState->macroArgScanDistance++;
-		c = peekInternal(1);
+		c = lexerState->peek(1);
 		if (isMacroChar(c)) {
 			shiftChar();
 			shiftChar();