diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_seen_subcommand_from.fish b/share/functions/__fish_seen_subcommand_from.fish
index ccf7e05aa..806f114a1 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_seen_subcommand_from.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_seen_subcommand_from.fish
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 function __fish_seen_subcommand_from
     set -l regex (string escape --style=regex -- (commandline -pxc)[2..] | string join '|')
-    string match -rq -- "^$regex"'$' $argv
+    string match -rq -- "^($regex)\$" $argv
 end