diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 90496ba7e..dfe6d1c48 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -6578,7 +6578,7 @@ expbackq(union node *cmd, int flag)
 
 	/* Eat all trailing newlines */
 	dest = expdest;
-	for (; dest > (char *)stackblock() && dest[-1] == '\n';)
+	for (; dest > ((char *)stackblock() + startloc) && dest[-1] == '\n';)
 		STUNPUTC(dest);
 	expdest = dest;
 
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.right b/shell/ash_test/ash-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.right
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e7bac6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.right
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+1
+
+2
+
+3
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.tests
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c8eb8f4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.tests
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cat <<END
+1
+$(echo "")
+2
+`echo ""`
+3
+END
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.right b/shell/hush_test/hush-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.right
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e7bac6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.right
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+1
+
+2
+
+3
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.tests
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c8eb8f4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-psubst/tick_in_heredoc.tests
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cat <<END
+1
+$(echo "")
+2
+`echo ""`
+3
+END