diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 8711d6e2fa1cda22fbb04aab00034ffd12048c9b..92b298932643d7821905f9599d3e8373e479676b 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@ void update_poshistory(char *filename, ssize_t lineno, ssize_t xpos)
     poshiststruct *posptr, *theone, *posprev = NULL;
     char *fullpath = get_full_path(filename);
 
-    if (fullpath == NULL || fullpath[strlen(fullpath) - 1] == '/') {
+    if (fullpath == NULL || fullpath[strlen(fullpath) - 1] == '/' || inhelp) {
 	free(fullpath);
 	return;
     }