diff --git a/share/functions/fish_clipboard_paste.fish b/share/functions/fish_clipboard_paste.fish
index 88d5ef534..8e3557a54 100644
--- a/share/functions/fish_clipboard_paste.fish
+++ b/share/functions/fish_clipboard_paste.fish
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ function fish_clipboard_paste
         set data (string replace -ra "(['\\\])" '\\\\\\\$1' -- $data)
     end
     if test -n "$data"
-        commandline -i -- "$data"
+        commandline -i -- $data
     end
 end