diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index a6845a979..e8c82ac63 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -435,8 +435,7 @@ static int parse_subst_cmd(sed_cmd_t *sed_cmd, const char *substr)
 		switch (substr[idx]) {
 		/* Replace all occurrences */
 		case 'g':
-			if (match[0] != '^')
-				sed_cmd->which_match = 0;
+			sed_cmd->which_match = 0;
 			break;
 		/* Print pattern space */
 		case 'p':
diff --git a/testsuite/sed.tests b/testsuite/sed.tests
index 67ff87e93..2b78c9b12 100755
--- a/testsuite/sed.tests
+++ b/testsuite/sed.tests
@@ -399,6 +399,12 @@ testing "sed uses previous regexp" \
 	"" \
 	"q\nw\ne\nr\n"
 
+testing "sed ^ OR not^" \
+	"sed -e 's/^a\|b//g'" \
+	"ca\n" \
+	"" \
+	"abca\n"
+
 # testing "description" "commands" "result" "infile" "stdin"
 
 exit $FAILCOUNT