diff --git a/dehydrated b/dehydrated
index c11d7d0f..a2bff408 100755
--- a/dehydrated
+++ b/dehydrated
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jsonsh() {
 
     # Force zsh to expand $A into multiple words
     local is_wordsplit_disabled
-    is_wordsplit_disabled="$(unsetopt 2>/dev/null | grep -c '^shwordsplit$')"
+    is_wordsplit_disabled="$(unsetopt 2>/dev/null | grep -c '^shwordsplit$' || true)"
     if [ "${is_wordsplit_disabled}" != "0" ]; then setopt shwordsplit; fi
     $GREP "$STRING|$NUMBER|$KEYWORD|$SPACE|." | grep -Ev "^$SPACE$"
     if [ "${is_wordsplit_disabled}" != "0" ]; then unsetopt shwordsplit; fi