Index: bash-4.4/expr.c
===================================================================
--- bash-4.4.orig/expr.c
+++ bash-4.4/expr.c
@@ -578,24 +578,23 @@ expcond ()
   rval = cval = explor ();
   if (curtok == QUES)		/* found conditional expr */
     {
-      readtok ();
-      if (curtok == 0 || curtok == COL)
-	evalerror (_("expression expected"));
       if (cval == 0)
 	{
 	  set_noeval = 1;
 	  noeval++;
 	}
 
+      readtok ();
+      if (curtok == 0 || curtok == COL)
+	evalerror (_("expression expected"));
+
       val1 = EXP_HIGHEST ();
 
       if (set_noeval)
 	noeval--;
       if (curtok != COL)
 	evalerror (_("`:' expected for conditional expression"));
-      readtok ();
-      if (curtok == 0)
-	evalerror (_("expression expected"));
+
       set_noeval = 0;
       if (cval)
  	{
@@ -603,7 +602,11 @@ expcond ()
 	  noeval++;
  	}
 
+      readtok ();
+      if (curtok == 0)
+	evalerror (_("expression expected"));
       val2 = expcond ();
+
       if (set_noeval)
 	noeval--;
       rval = cval ? val1 : val2;
Index: bash-4.4/patchlevel.h
===================================================================
--- bash-4.4.orig/patchlevel.h
+++ bash-4.4/patchlevel.h
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
    regexp `^#define[ 	]*PATCHLEVEL', since that's what support/mkversion.sh
    looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
 
-#define PATCHLEVEL 7
+#define PATCHLEVEL 8
 
 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */