diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index cd3113d7..b9be3e25 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   bash_completion - some programmable completion functions for bash 2.05a
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.239 2002/03/31 08:06:52 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.240 2002/04/01 01:12:50 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ _scp()
 		fi
 		COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -P "$userhost:" \
 			       -W "`echo $( ssh -o 'Batchmode yes' $userhost \
-					    compgen -f -- $path )`" ) )
+					    compgen -f -- $path 2>/dev/null)`"))
 		return 0
 	fi