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diff --git a/Src/exec.c b/Src/exec.c
index c79a27895..e3915ddfe 100644
--- a/Src/exec.c
+++ b/Src/exec.c
@@ -1844,7 +1844,8 @@ execpline2(Estate state, wordcode pcode,
 	/* if we are doing "foo | bar" where foo is a current *
 	 * shell command, do foo in a subshell and do the     *
 	 * rest of the pipeline in the current shell.         */
-	if (wc_code(code) >= WC_CURSH && (how & Z_SYNC)) {
+	if ((wc_code(code) >= WC_CURSH || wc_code(code) == WC_ASSIGN)
+	    && (how & Z_SYNC)) {
 	    int synch[2];
 	    struct timeval bgtime;