diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 0d7cac0b5..384c7b9e4 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -11899,6 +11899,7 @@ static int
 readtoken(void)
 {
 	int t;
+	int kwd = checkkwd;
 #if DEBUG
 	smallint alreadyseen = tokpushback;
 #endif
@@ -11912,7 +11913,7 @@ readtoken(void)
 	/*
 	 * eat newlines
 	 */
-	if (checkkwd & CHKNL) {
+	if (kwd & CHKNL) {
 		while (t == TNL) {
 			parseheredoc();
 			t = xxreadtoken();
@@ -11926,7 +11927,7 @@ readtoken(void)
 	/*
 	 * check for keywords
 	 */
-	if (checkkwd & CHKKWD) {
+	if (kwd & CHKKWD) {
 		const char *const *pp;
 
 		pp = findkwd(wordtext);
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-heredoc/heredoc3.right b/shell/ash_test/ash-heredoc/heredoc3.right
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce0136250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-heredoc/heredoc3.right
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-heredoc/heredoc3.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-heredoc/heredoc3.tests
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..96c227cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-heredoc/heredoc3.tests
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+echo hello >greeting
+cat <<EOF &&
+$(cat greeting)
+EOF
+{
+	echo $?
+	cat greeting
+} >/dev/null
+rm greeting