diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 19798c405..84bd499cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ Interactive improvements
 - ``read --help`` and friends no longer ignore redirections. This fixes a regression in version 3.1 (:issue:`10274`).
 - Measuring a command with ``time`` now considers the time taken for command substitution (:issue:`9100`).
 - ``fish_add_path`` now automatically enables verbose mode when used interactively (in the commandline), in an effort to be clearer about what it does (:issue:`10532`).
+- fish no longer adopts TTY modes of failed commands (:issue:`10603`).
 
 New or improved bindings
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/src/reader.rs b/src/reader.rs
index 36c87bfbb..7046f63c3 100644
--- a/src/reader.rs
+++ b/src/reader.rs
@@ -3680,8 +3680,10 @@ pub fn term_copy_modes() {
 }
 
 /// Grab control of terminal.
-fn term_steal() {
-    term_copy_modes();
+fn term_steal(copy_modes: bool) {
+    if copy_modes {
+        term_copy_modes();
+    }
     while unsafe { libc::tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &*shell_modes()) } == -1 {
         if errno().0 == EIO {
             redirect_tty_output();
@@ -4986,7 +4988,7 @@ fn reader_run_command(parser: &Parser, cmd: &wstr) -> EvalRes {
         );
     }
 
-    term_steal();
+    term_steal(eval_res.status.is_success());
 
     // Provide value for `status current-command`
     parser.libdata_mut().status_vars.command = (*PROGRAM_NAME.get().unwrap()).to_owned();