diff --git a/src/prompt.c b/src/prompt.c
index ac049f0b9f20949bff3cd44e2eabbad685fe10c8..f8e7cc1ef579bcc807f7c6589c04e4de0bb7b7f2 100644
--- a/src/prompt.c
+++ b/src/prompt.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ void update_the_statusbar(void)
 
     blank_statusbar();
 
-    mvwaddnstr(bottomwin, 0, 0, prompt, actual_x(prompt, COLS - 2));
+    mvwaddstr(bottomwin, 0, 0, prompt);
     waddch(bottomwin, ':');
     waddch(bottomwin, (the_page == 0) ? ' ' : '<');