diff --git a/src/frontend/cpitf.c b/src/frontend/cpitf.c
index b7247e010..a0026d3bf 100644
--- a/src/frontend/cpitf.c
+++ b/src/frontend/cpitf.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ cp_istrue(wordlist *wl)
     wl = cp_bquote(wl);
 
     /* parse the condition */
-    names = ft_getpnames(wl, TRUE);
+    names = ft_getpnames_quotes(wl, TRUE);
     wl_free(wl);
 
     /* evaluate the parsed condition.