diff --git a/bin/sh/parser.c b/bin/sh/parser.c
index e7ec0103bf7b..98b87913829c 100644
--- a/bin/sh/parser.c
+++ b/bin/sh/parser.c
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ parsesub: {
 				pungetc();
 			else if (c == '\n' || c == PEOF)
 				synerror("Unexpected end of line in substitution");
-			else
+			else if (BASESYNTAX[c] != CCTL)
 				USTPUTC(c, out);
 		}
 		if (subtype == 0) {
@@ -1678,7 +1678,8 @@ parsesub: {
 						synerror("Unexpected end of line in substitution");
 					if (flags == VSNUL)
 						STPUTC(':', out);
-					STPUTC(c, out);
+					if (BASESYNTAX[c] != CCTL)
+						STPUTC(c, out);
 					subtype = VSERROR;
 				} else
 					subtype = p - types + VSNORMAL;
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/Makefile b/bin/sh/tests/errors/Makefile
index ace9a01ccd7d..51a766f6f4e9 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/Makefile
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ FILES+=		bad-parm-exp3.2 bad-parm-exp3.2.stderr
 FILES+=		bad-parm-exp4.2 bad-parm-exp4.2.stderr
 FILES+=		bad-parm-exp5.2 bad-parm-exp5.2.stderr
 FILES+=		bad-parm-exp6.2 bad-parm-exp6.2.stderr
+FILES+=		bad-parm-exp7.0
+FILES+=		bad-parm-exp8.0
 FILES+=		option-error.0
 FILES+=		redirection-error.0
 FILES+=		redirection-error2.2
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp7.0 b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp7.0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8562fbed47b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp7.0
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+v=1
+eval ": $(printf '${v-${\372}}')"
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp8.0 b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp8.0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..28f00cde0f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp8.0
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+v=1
+eval ": $(printf '${v-${w\372}}')"