diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index f915789..3e1088a 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -22275,6 +22275,14 @@
     {
 	name = vim_strsave(name);
 	*pp = end;
+	if (STRNCMP(name, "<SNR>", 5) == 0)
+	{
+	    /* Change "<SNR>" to the byte sequence. */
+	    name[0] = K_SPECIAL;
+	    name[1] = KS_EXTRA;
+	    name[2] = (int)KE_SNR;
+	    mch_memmove(name + 3, name + 5, STRLEN(name + 5) + 1);
+	}
 	goto theend;
     }