diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 40a5b3452ddf2e901a687d4e1ad4fee7f5223ddb..7bc2053392b3b05c6ab8dbc669cccad54a5303cc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-04-07  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/browser.c (do_fileresearch): Don't search for the empty string
+	when nothing was sought yet (when historylog is set).
+
 2015-04-05  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* doc/texinfo/nano.texi: Expand on nano's features, condense the
 	synopsis, and "online" means something else to most people.
diff --git a/src/browser.c b/src/browser.c
index 12716a03189e2d706402ae93bb1cb924e1315795..b967854dd245cdec3f5653e435482790dc91e061 100644
--- a/src/browser.c
+++ b/src/browser.c
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ void do_fileresearch(void)
 
     if (last_search[0] != '\0') {
 	findnextfile_wrap_reset();
-	didfind = findnextfile(FALSE, begin, answer);
+	didfind = findnextfile(FALSE, begin, last_search);
 
 	/* Check to see if there's only one occurrence of the string and
 	 * we're on it now. */
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ void do_fileresearch(void)
 	     * should only end up back at the same position if the
 	     * string isn't found again, in which case it's the only
 	     * occurrence. */
-	    didfind = findnextfile(TRUE, begin, answer);
+	    didfind = findnextfile(TRUE, begin, last_search);
 	    if (selected == begin && !didfind)
 		statusbar(_("This is the only occurrence"));
 	}