diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 2bd11995..e26df455 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ _expand()
     # a tilde is fed to commands and ending up quoted instead of expanded.
 
     if [[ "$cur" == \~*/* ]]; then
-        eval cur=$cur
+        eval cur=$cur 2>/dev/null
     elif [[ "$cur" == \~* ]]; then
         cur=${cur#\~}
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -P '~' -u "$cur" ) )