1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 9c34b052..1d12e639 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -2827,7 +2827,7 @@ execute_variable_command (command, vname)
   if (last_lastarg)
     last_lastarg = savestring (last_lastarg);
 
-  parse_and_execute (savestring (command), vname, SEVAL_NONINT|SEVAL_NOHIST);
+  parse_and_execute (savestring (command), vname, SEVAL_NONINT|SEVAL_NOHIST|SEVAL_NOOPTIMIZE);
 
   restore_parser_state (&ps);
   bind_variable ("_", last_lastarg, 0);