1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/lua/executor.c b/src/nvim/lua/executor.c
index bb461a7f13..8a50c8fe4f 100644
--- a/src/nvim/lua/executor.c
+++ b/src/nvim/lua/executor.c
@@ -1872,6 +1872,12 @@ int nlua_expand_pat(expand_T *xp, char *pat, int *num_results, char ***results)
   lua_getfield(lstate, -1, "_expand_pat");
   luaL_checktype(lstate, -1, LUA_TFUNCTION);
 
+  // ex expansion prepends a ^, but don't worry, it is not a regex
+  if (pat[0] != '^') {
+    return FAIL;
+  }
+  pat++;
+
   // [ vim, vim._expand_pat, buf ]
   lua_pushlstring(lstate, (const char *)pat, strlen(pat));