diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcompat.c b/src/frontend/inpcompat.c
index d1c22f5a2..e970b517c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcompat.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcompat.c
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ void set_compat_mode(void)
     newcompat.ps = FALSE;
     newcompat.xs = FALSE;
     newcompat.lt = FALSE;
-    newcompat.ki = FALSE;
+#ifndef SHARED_MODULE
+    newcompat.ki = FALSE; /* has already been set in sharedspice.c */
+#endif
     newcompat.a = FALSE;
     newcompat.spe = FALSE;
     newcompat.isset = FALSE;
diff --git a/src/sharedspice.c b/src/sharedspice.c
index 2b51832a8..7fef62bc4 100644
--- a/src/sharedspice.c
+++ b/src/sharedspice.c
@@ -1061,6 +1061,8 @@ ngSpice_Init(SendChar* printfcn, SendStat* statusfcn, ControlledExit* ngspiceexi
     if (thisproc) {
         if( ciprefix("eeschema", thisproc))
             newcompat.ki = TRUE;
+        else
+            newcompat.ki = FALSE;
         tfree(thisproc);
     }