diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4377641116c26becae3d2161c83215b539d3cc27..4d847df16c0d154f5de389e73570b005f247faa7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-11-26  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/text.c (do_redo): Not just the undoing, also the redoing of a
+	Backspace at EOF is a special case.  This fixes Savannah bug #46532.
+
 2015-11-25  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/nano.c (do_output): Refreshing the whole edit window (instead
 	of just the current line) is not needed for any kind of syntax, but
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 3e6e75cfaeffe85a8a081126e2fd05d88b30da78..20c98287645886ec40367581603f5700e337a935 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -700,6 +700,13 @@ void do_redo(void)
 #endif
     case JOIN:
 	redidmsg = _("line join");
+	/* When the join was done by a Backspace at the tail of the file,
+	 * and the nonewlines flag isn't set, do not join anything, as
+	 * nothing was actually deleted; just position the cursor. */
+	if (u->xflags == WAS_FINAL_BACKSPACE && !ISSET(NO_NEWLINES)) {
+	    goto_line_posx(u->mark_begin_lineno, u->mark_begin_x);
+	    break;
+	}
 	f->data = charealloc(f->data, strlen(f->data) + strlen(u->strdata) + 1);
 	strcat(f->data, u->strdata);
 	if (f->next != NULL) {