diff --git a/autoload/fzf/vim.vim b/autoload/fzf/vim.vim
index e205959..a80e949 100755
--- a/autoload/fzf/vim.vim
+++ b/autoload/fzf/vim.vim
@@ -824,10 +824,13 @@ function! s:can_show(spec, bang, key, claimed) abort
   " key would win over ours, and a key the command binds itself would win by
   " coming later in the options. Any key of the list losing disables all of
   " them, so that the footer cannot advertise a key that does nothing
-  let actions = get(g:, 'fzf_action', s:default_action)
+  " g:fzf_action keys go through fzf as --expect, so they need the same
+  " folding as the show key before they can be compared
+  let actions = map(keys(get(g:, 'fzf_action', s:default_action)),
+        \ 'get(s:split_keys(v:val), 0, v:val)')
   let paste = s:split_keys(s:paste_key())
   for key in s:split_keys(a:key)
-    if has_key(actions, key) || index(paste, key) >= 0 || index(a:claimed, key) >= 0
+    if index(actions, key) >= 0 || index(paste, key) >= 0 || index(a:claimed, key) >= 0
       return 0
     endif
   endfor