diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9b718b210a3afb687e58cda063553c9c4bdaa4c7..acd6e06cdf4ee29b5aee7de1d2407c60affeca05 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 	when nothing was sought yet (when historylog is set).
 	* src/browser.c (filesearch_init): Remove an unfitting comment
 	(there are no toggles here) and tweak some others.
+	* src/search.c (do_search, do_research): Use the same variable as
+	in the surrounding code, for consistency.
 
 2015-04-05  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* doc/texinfo/nano.texi: Expand on nano's features, condense the
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index a1e2bb3b3516b22b793e4f93675f3cf22c41aea3..4deca0b3dc9cce8befc1353dd4f99327915b537c 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ void do_search(void)
 	 * back at the same position if the string isn't found again, in
 	 * which case it's the only occurrence. */
 	if (ISSET(USE_REGEXP) && regexp_bol_or_eol(&search_regexp,
-		last_search)) {
+		answer)) {
 	    didfind = findnextstr(
 #ifndef DISABLE_SPELLER
 		FALSE,
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ void do_research(void)
 			FALSE,
 #endif
 			TRUE, openfile->current, openfile->current_x,
-			answer, NULL);
+			last_search, NULL);
 		if (fileptr == openfile->current && fileptr_x ==
 			openfile->current_x && !didfind)
 		    statusbar(_("This is the only occurrence"));