diff --git a/src/wildcard.rs b/src/wildcard.rs
index 5900bc436..9c9be1572 100644
--- a/src/wildcard.rs
+++ b/src/wildcard.rs
@@ -448,7 +448,9 @@ mod expander {
 
     use crate::{
         common::scoped_push,
+        input_common::terminal_protocols_disable_ifn,
         path::append_path_component,
+        threads::is_main_thread,
         wutil::{dir_iter::DirIter, normalize_path, DevInode},
     };
 
@@ -592,6 +594,10 @@ mod expander {
                     }
                 }
 
+                if is_main_thread() {
+                    terminal_protocols_disable_ifn();
+                }
+
                 // return "." and ".." entries if we're doing completions
                 let Ok(mut dir) = self.open_dir(
                     base_dir, /* return . and .. */