2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index a6845a979..e8c82ac63 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -435,8 +435,7 @@ static int parse_subst_cmd(sed_cmd_t *sed_cmd, const char *substr)
                 switch (substr[idx]) {
                 /* Replace all occurrences */
                 case 'g':
-                        if (match[0] != '^')
-                                sed_cmd->which_match = 0;
+                        sed_cmd->which_match = 0;
                         break;
                 /* Print pattern space */
                 case 'p':
diff --git a/testsuite/sed.tests b/testsuite/sed.tests
index 67ff87e93..2b78c9b12 100755
--- a/testsuite/sed.tests
+++ b/testsuite/sed.tests
@@ -399,6 +399,12 @@ testing "sed uses previous regexp" \
         "" \
         "q\nw\ne\nr\n"
 
+testing "sed ^ OR not^" \
+        "sed -e 's/^a\|b//g'" \
+        "ca\n" \
+        "" \
+        "abca\n"
+
 # testing "description" "commands" "result" "infile" "stdin"
 
 exit $FAILCOUNT