diff --git a/check.t b/check.t
index 60f41d9..1326c4a 100644
--- a/check.t
+++ b/check.t
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/check.t,v 1.376 2010/05/16 19:04:40 tg Exp $
+# $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/check.t,v 1.377 2010/05/16 19:17:41 tg Exp $
 # $OpenBSD: bksl-nl.t,v 1.2 2001/01/28 23:04:56 niklas Exp $
 # $OpenBSD: history.t,v 1.5 2001/01/28 23:04:56 niklas Exp $
 # $OpenBSD: read.t,v 1.3 2003/03/10 03:48:16 david Exp $
@@ -4500,6 +4500,22 @@ expected-stderr-pattern:
 	/bad substitution/
 expected-exit: 1
 ---
+name: xxx-variable-syntax-2
+stdin:
+	set 0
+	echo ${*:0}
+expected-stderr-pattern:
+	/bad substitution/
+expected-exit: 1
+---
+name: xxx-variable-syntax-3
+stdin:
+	set -A foo 0
+	echo ${foo[*]:0}
+expected-stderr-pattern:
+	/bad substitution/
+expected-exit: 1
+---
 name: xxx-substitution-eval-order
 description:
 	Check order of evaluation of expressions
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 8f8711e..eb5dbc3 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "sh.h"
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/eval.c,v 1.88 2010/05/16 19:04:41 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/eval.c,v 1.89 2010/05/16 19:17:42 tg Exp $");
 
 /*
  * string expansion
@@ -1045,6 +1045,8 @@ varsub(Expand *xp, const char *sp, const char *word,
 			case '%':	/* can't trim a vector (yet) */
 			case '#':
 			case '?':
+			case '0':
+			case '/':
 				return (-1);
 			}
 			XPinit(wv, 32);