diff --git a/Completion/User/_tilde_files b/Completion/User/_tilde_files
index 6fb393dc5..ee6b18088 100644
--- a/Completion/User/_tilde_files
+++ b/Completion/User/_tilde_files
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Complete files and expand tilde expansions in it.
 
-if (( $argv[(I)-W*] )); then
+if [[ ( -o magicequalsubst && "$IPREFIX" = *\= ) || $argv[(I)-W*] -ne 0 ]]; then
   _files "$@"
   return
 fi