1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 94a5dfc3..b9bce694 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ redirect_string(const char *str, size_t explen, bool not_string,
 struct redirect *
 redirect(NODE *redir_exp, int redirtype, int *errflg, bool failure_fatal)
 {
-	bool not_string = ((redir_exp->flags & STRING) == 0);
+	bool not_string = ((fixtype(redir_exp)->flags & STRING) == 0);
 
 	redir_exp = force_string(redir_exp);
 	return redirect_string(redir_exp->stptr, redir_exp->stlen, not_string,