1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Src/lex.c b/Src/lex.c
index 8c6ae71c0..495d759d4 100644
--- a/Src/lex.c
+++ b/Src/lex.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ parse_subst_string(char *s)
 {
     int c, l = strlen(s), err, olen;
 
-    if (! *s)
+    if (!*s || !strcmp(s, nulstring))
 	return 0;
     lexsave();
     untokenize(s);