diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_editor.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_editor.lua
index d4db4850bd..8e372b806c 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_editor.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_editor.lua
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ do
     if vim.fn.getcmdtype() ~= '' then  -- cmdline-mode: paste only 1 line.
       if not got_line1 then
         got_line1 = (#lines > 1)
-        vim.api.nvim_set_option('paste', true)  -- For nvim_input().
-        -- Escape "<" and control characters
-        local line1 = lines[1]:gsub('<', '<lt>'):gsub('(%c)', '\022%1')
-        vim.api.nvim_input(line1)
-        vim.api.nvim_set_option('paste', false)
+        -- Escape control characters
+        local line1 = lines[1]:gsub('(%c)', '\022%1')
+        -- nvim_input() is affected by mappings,
+        -- so use nvim_feedkeys() with "n" flag to ignore mappings.
+        vim.api.nvim_feedkeys(line1, 'n', true)
       end
       return true
     end
diff --git a/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua b/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua
index e6ed0f939b..04b79a7157 100644
--- a/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua
@@ -1085,6 +1085,12 @@ describe('API', function()
       eq('aabbccdd', funcs.getcmdline())
       expect('')
     end)
+    it('mappings are disabled in Cmdline mode', function()
+      command('cnoremap a b')
+      feed(':')
+      nvim('paste', 'a', true, -1)
+      eq('a', funcs.getcmdline())
+    end)
     it('pasting with empty last chunk in Cmdline mode', function()
       local screen = Screen.new(20, 4)
       screen:attach()