diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 8ea96859..591e1da5 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -753,8 +753,8 @@ _init_completion()
 #
 _parse_help()
 {
-    local line i option option2 IFS=$' \t\n,/|'
     eval local cmd=$1
+    local line i option option2 IFS=$' \t\n,/|'
     "$cmd" ${2:---help} 2>&1 | while read line; do
 
         [[ $line == *([ $'\t'])-* ]] || continue