diff --git a/src/context.hh b/src/context.hh
index 7ff4166e..fb45fc2d 100644
--- a/src/context.hh
+++ b/src/context.hh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public:
     HookManager&   hooks()   const { return scope().hooks(); }
     KeymapManager& keymaps() const { return scope().keymaps(); }
     AliasRegistry& aliases() const { return scope().aliases(); }
-    FaceRegistry&  faces()   const { return scope().faces(); }
+    FaceRegistry&  faces(bool allow_local = true) const { return scope(allow_local).faces(); }
 
     void print_status(DisplayLine status) const;
 
diff --git a/src/input_handler.cc b/src/input_handler.cc
index e11740c7..99fb684e 100644
--- a/src/input_handler.cc
+++ b/src/input_handler.cc
@@ -657,7 +657,8 @@ public:
         : InputMode(input_handler), m_callback(std::move(callback)), m_completer(std::move(completer)),
           m_prompt(prompt.str()), m_prompt_face(face),
           m_empty_text{std::move(emptystr)},
-          m_line_editor{context().faces()}, m_flags(flags),
+          // This prompt may outlive local scopes so ignore local faces.
+          m_line_editor{context().faces(false)}, m_flags(flags),
           m_was_interactive{not context().noninteractive()},
           m_history{RegisterManager::instance()[history_register]},
           m_current_history{-1},
diff --git a/test/regression/0-eval-creates-prompt/cmd b/test/regression/0-eval-creates-prompt/cmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/0-eval-creates-prompt/cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/test/regression/0-eval-creates-prompt/in b/test/regression/0-eval-creates-prompt/in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/0-eval-creates-prompt/in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/test/regression/0-eval-creates-prompt/script b/test/regression/0-eval-creates-prompt/script
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9455f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/0-eval-creates-prompt/script
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ui_out -ignore 7
+ui_in '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "keys", "params": [ ":eval %{ exec %{:echo -} }<ret>" ] }'
+ui_out -ignore 5
+ui_in '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "keys", "params": [ "markup 123<ret>" ] }'
+ui_out -until-grep '"method": "draw_status", .* "contents": "123"' >/dev/null