diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c80b4ecdec4acd6897186933d0d6f01e1ead91e7..a23ff7a6c3cbf3bcc82f27626c9a1e7407cceca8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-02-07  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/files.c (update_poshistory): Don't put files in the history list
+	when they have the default cursor position (line 1, column 1).
+
 2016-02-06  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/files.c (write_file): Remove the --nofollow option that hasn't
 	been working for a dozen years.
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index fc2f961dfda1db1f68b791abb143c2250c6f3187..8895bc9f402d705e5814cdb2d4ca3578b3d624d2 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -3212,6 +3212,20 @@ void update_poshistory(char *filename, ssize_t lineno, ssize_t xpos)
 	posprev = posptr;
     }
 
+    /* Don't record files that have the default cursor position. */
+    if (lineno == 1 && xpos == 1) {
+	if (posptr != NULL) {
+	    if (posprev == NULL)
+		position_history = posptr->next;
+	    else
+		posprev->next = posptr->next;
+	    free(posptr->filename);
+	    free(posptr);
+	}
+	free(fullpath);
+	return;
+    }
+
     theone = posptr;
 
     /* If we didn't find it, make a new node; otherwise, if we're