diff --git a/complete.cpp b/complete.cpp
index 06da23d8a..be06ab310 100644
--- a/complete.cpp
+++ b/complete.cpp
@@ -1166,12 +1166,12 @@ void completer_t::complete_from_args( const wcstring &str,
     parser_t parser(is_autosuggest ? PARSER_TYPE_COMPLETIONS_ONLY : PARSER_TYPE_GENERAL);
 
     /* If type is COMPLETE_AUTOSUGGEST, it means we're on a background thread, so don't call proc_push_interactive */    
-    if (is_autosuggest)
+    if (! is_autosuggest)
         proc_push_interactive(0);
 
 	parser.eval_args( args.c_str(), possible_comp );
 
-    if (is_autosuggest)
+    if (! is_autosuggest)
         proc_pop_interactive();
 	
 	complete_strings( this->completions, str.c_str(), desc.c_str(), 0, possible_comp, flags );