diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 31e8f1480e314d832c266e02eeb3df75eac8cdcb..9aed0c14c4366a5bbe8bd05633651c5e95bd2c62 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-06-27  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/text.c (do_undo, add_undo): Skip undoing a backspace *only* when
+	it really tried to delete the final, magic newline.
+
 2015-06-23  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/winio.c (edit_draw): Verify that there exists multidata for the
 	found starting line before trying to use it.  When a file is inserted
diff --git a/src/nano.h b/src/nano.h
index 3355b4277cb5d6c5bbd30897db0bff63e23d2087..b31f40bdb00659e2c3b1aa3595401451d2bb6f0c 100644
--- a/src/nano.h
+++ b/src/nano.h
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ enum
 #define KEY_WINCH -2
 
 /* Some extra bits for the undo function. */
-#define UNdel_backspace		(1<<1)
+#define SKIP_FINAL_BACKSPACE	(1<<1)
 #define UNcut_marked_forward	(1<<2)
 #define UNcut_cutline		(1<<3)
 #endif /* !NANO_TINY */
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 3d3033aa4dfd9ed972f14b60b8fc50fdcc014f86..004ba6b40b2cb6dceb08fe70ec976275c202ca07 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -503,8 +503,7 @@ void do_undo(void)
 	undidmsg = _("line join");
 	/* When the join was done by a Backspace at the tail of the file,
 	 * don't actually add another line; just position the cursor. */
-	if (f->next != openfile->filebot || ISSET(NO_NEWLINES) ||
-		u->xflags != UNdel_backspace) {
+	if (ISSET(NO_NEWLINES) || u->xflags != SKIP_FINAL_BACKSPACE) {
 	    t = make_new_node(f);
 	    t->data = mallocstrcpy(NULL, u->strdata);
 	    data = mallocstrncpy(NULL, f->data, u->mark_begin_x + 1);
@@ -936,7 +935,10 @@ void add_undo(undo_type action)
     case ADD:
 	break;
     case BACK:
-	u->xflags = UNdel_backspace;
+	/* If the next line is the magic line, don't ever undo this
+	 * backspace, as it won't actually have deleted anything. */
+	if (fs->current->next == fs->filebot && fs->current->data[0] != '\0')
+	    u->xflags = SKIP_FINAL_BACKSPACE;
     case DEL:
 	if (u->begin != strlen(fs->current->data)) {
 	    char *char_buf = charalloc(mb_cur_max() + 1);