diff --git a/edit.c b/edit.c
index b68eabc..2138589 100644
--- a/edit.c
+++ b/edit.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "sh.h"
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/edit.c,v 1.94 2007/05/21 19:25:31 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/edit.c,v 1.95 2007/05/22 19:27:05 tg Exp $");
 
 /* tty driver characters we are interested in */
 typedef struct {
@@ -1697,7 +1697,9 @@ x_delete(int nc, int push)
 	 */
 	if ((i = xx_cols - 2 - x_col) > 0 || xep - xlp == 0) {
 		nw = (nw < i) ? nw : i;
-		i = ++nw;
+		if (xbp == xbuf)
+			++nw;
+		i = nw;
 		while (i--)
 			x_e_putc2(' ');
 		i = nw;