diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish b/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
index 74ec1cf04..3b745341c 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ function __fish_config_interactive -d "Initializations that should be performed
     # The default just prints a variable of the same name.
     #
     # NOTE: This status check is necessary to not print the greeting when `read`ing in scripts. See #7080.
-    if status is-interactive
+    if not status is-interactive-read
         and functions -q fish_greeting
         fish_greeting
     end
 
     # Display SHELL_WELCOME if set. This is a standard environment variable (introduced by
     # systemd v257) intended for shells to display when they first initialize.
-    if status is-interactive
+    if not status is-interactive-read
         and set -q SHELL_WELCOME[1]
         string join -- ' ' $SHELL_WELCOME
     end
diff --git a/tests/checks/tmux-read.fish b/tests/checks/tmux-read.fish
index 61274092c..a98ba5e1c 100644
--- a/tests/checks/tmux-read.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/tmux-read.fish
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-#RUN: %fish %s
+#RUN: fish=%fish %fish %s
 #REQUIRES: command -v tmux
 #REQUIRES: test -z "$CI"
 
-isolated-tmux-start -C '
-    function fish_greeting
-        set -l name (read)
-        echo hello $name
-    end
+printf >?$__fish_config_dir/functions/fish_greeting.fish %s \
+'function fish_greeting
+    set -l name (read)
+    echo hello $name
+end
 '
 
+isolated-tmux-start
+
 isolated-tmux send-keys name Enter 'echo foo' Enter
 tmux-sleep
 isolated-tmux capture-pane -p
@@ -17,3 +19,12 @@ isolated-tmux capture-pane -p
 # CHECK: prompt 0> echo foo
 # CHECK: foo
 # CHECK: prompt 1>
+
+isolated-tmux send-keys C-l 'SHELL_WELCOME=hello $fish -ic "read --prompt-str=R"' Enter
+tmux-sleep
+isolated-tmux send-keys C-c
+tmux-sleep
+isolated-tmux capture-pane -p
+# CHECK: prompt 1> SHELL_WELCOME=hello $fish -ic "read --prompt-str=R"
+# CHECK: R
+# CHECK: prompt 2>
diff --git a/tests/test_functions/isolated-tmux-start.fish b/tests/test_functions/isolated-tmux-start.fish
index 0a4f75d5f..a922db5fe 100644
--- a/tests/test_functions/isolated-tmux-start.fish
+++ b/tests/test_functions/isolated-tmux-start.fish
@@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ function isolated-tmux-start --wraps fish
 
     set -l fish (status fish-path)
     set -l size -x 80 -y 10
+    set -l greeting_file
+    if not test -f $greeting_file
+        printf >$__fish_config_dir/functions/fish_greeting.fish %s \
+            'function fish_greeting; end' 2>/dev/null
+    end
     isolated-tmux new-session $size -d $fish -C '
         # This is similar to "tests/interactive.config".
-        function fish_greeting; end
         function fish_prompt; printf "prompt $status_generation> "; end
         # No autosuggestion from older history.
         set fish_history ""