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diff --git a/Src/subst.c b/Src/subst.c
index 894f9cd2f..b9229861b 100644
--- a/Src/subst.c
+++ b/Src/subst.c
@@ -2693,7 +2693,12 @@ paramsubst(LinkList l, LinkNode n, char **str, int qt, int pf_flags)
*idend = '\0';
val = dupstring(s);
if (spsep || !arrasg) {
- multsub(&val, PREFORK_NOSHWORDSPLIT, NULL, &isarr, NULL);
+ /* POSIX requires PREFORK_SINGLE semantics here, but
+ * traditional zsh used PREFORK_NOSHWORDSPLIT. Base
+ * behavior on caller choice of PREFORK_SHWORDSPLIT. */
+ multsub(&val,
+ spbreak ? PREFORK_SINGLE : PREFORK_NOSHWORDSPLIT,
+ NULL, &isarr, NULL);
} else {
if (spbreak)
split_flags = PREFORK_SPLIT|PREFORK_SHWORDSPLIT;