diff --git a/bin/sh/parser.c b/bin/sh/parser.c
index 9b141ccb441..8603fe16c81 100644
--- a/bin/sh/parser.c
+++ b/bin/sh/parser.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ parsecmd(interact)
 {
 	int t;
 
+	tokpushback = 0;
 	doprompt = interact;
 	if (doprompt)
 		setprompt(1);