1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 63104b3ee2..88c738b906 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -3264,8 +3264,8 @@ yylex()
 	    }
 	    else {
 		result = tIDENTIFIER;
-		if (lex_state == EXPR_FNAME || lex_state == EXPR_DOT) {
-		    if ((c = nextc()) == '=' && !peek('=')) {
+		if (lex_state == EXPR_FNAME) {
+		    if ((c = nextc()) == '=' && !peek('=') && !peek('~')) {
 			tokadd(c);
 		    }
 		    else {