diff --git a/src/misc/wordexp.c b/src/misc/wordexp.c
index a5f1b658..db39b5b8 100644
--- a/src/misc/wordexp.c
+++ b/src/misc/wordexp.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static int do_wordexp(const char *s, wordexp_t *we, int flags)
 		if (!(sq|dq|np)) return WRDE_BADCHAR;
 		break;
 	case '$':
+		if (sq) break;
 		if (s[i+1]=='(' && s[i+2]=='(') {
 			i += 2;
 			np += 2;