1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index 476b331043..aa1f57c880 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -6514,6 +6514,7 @@ Perl_yylex(pTHX)
 			SvREFCNT_dec(((SVOP*)pl_yylval.opval)->op_sv);
 			((SVOP*)pl_yylval.opval)->op_sv = SvREFCNT_inc_simple(sv);
 			pl_yylval.opval->op_private = 0;
+			pl_yylval.opval->op_flags |= OPf_SPECIAL;
 			TOKEN(WORD);
 		    }