diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index e3ff95f1..ef79f0ab 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ _command_offset()
             else
                 cspec=${cspec#complete}
                 cspec=${cspec%%$compcmd}
-                COMPREPLY=( $( eval compgen "$cspec" -- "$cur" ) )
+                COMPREPLY=( $( eval compgen "$cspec" -- '$cur' ) )
             fi
         elif [[ ${#COMPREPLY[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
             # XXX will probably never happen as long as completion loader loads