diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 8d5dcac..1234bac 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -6420,7 +6420,7 @@
     {
 	if (*p_pt)
 	{
-	    (void)replace_termcodes(p_pt, &p, TRUE, TRUE);
+	    (void)replace_termcodes(p_pt, &p, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);
 	    if (p != NULL)
 	    {
 		if (new_value_alloced)