diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 44137c25..e724f02e 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1518,6 +1518,8 @@ _command_offset()
                     cspec=${cspec%% *}
                     if [[ "$cspec" != @(dir|file)names ]]; then
                         COMPREPLY=("${COMPREPLY[@]//\\\\:/:}")
+                    else
+                        _compopt_o_filenames
                     fi
                 fi
             elif [ -n "$cspec" ]; then