diff --git a/mercurial/templater.py b/mercurial/templater.py
--- a/mercurial/templater.py
+++ b/mercurial/templater.py
@@ -437,12 +437,12 @@ def get(context, mapping, args):
         # i18n: "get" is a keyword
         raise error.ParseError(_("get() expects two arguments"))
 
-    dictarg = args[0][0](context, mapping, args[0][1])
+    dictarg = evalfuncarg(context, mapping, args[0])
     if not util.safehasattr(dictarg, 'get'):
         # i18n: "get" is a keyword
         raise error.ParseError(_("get() expects a dict as first argument"))
 
-    key = args[1][0](context, mapping, args[1][1])
+    key = evalfuncarg(context, mapping, args[1])
     return dictarg.get(key)
 
 def if_(context, mapping, args):
diff --git a/tests/test-command-template.t b/tests/test-command-template.t
--- a/tests/test-command-template.t
+++ b/tests/test-command-template.t
@@ -3176,6 +3176,8 @@ Test get function:
 
   $ hg log -r 0 --template '{get(extras, "branch")}\n'
   default
+  $ hg log -r 0 --template '{get(extras, "br{"anch"}")}\n'
+  default
   $ hg log -r 0 --template '{get(files, "should_fail")}\n'
   hg: parse error: get() expects a dict as first argument
   [255]