diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4cfd46ab75ad8477e8317031635cee0310b1bdfa..9001f04cbba8466751918fce5c7a069148d9e1d6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 	* src/{proto.h,files.c,global.c,nano.c,rcfile.c}: Drop the obsolete
 	argument of shortcut_init(), and remove two unneeded calls of it.
 	* src/global.c (shortcut_init): Allow M-J after an --enable-justify.
+	* src/nano.c (main): No matter whether nanorc support was disabled
+	or not, or the rcfile should be ignored or not, when we're root and
+	--disable-wrapping-as-root was used, switch wrapping off.
 
 2014-04-06  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/global.c (shortcut_init): Limit M-T (cut-till-end-of-file) to
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index de3b5c819728d5bbf0a4878db0ed52c5596b4510..080abedc9feb949ce60f6c9ed1b63471222f8776 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -2184,9 +2184,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     textdomain(PACKAGE);
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(ENABLE_NANORC) && defined(DISABLE_ROOTWRAPPING)
-    /* If we don't have rcfile support, --disable-wrapping-as-root is
-     * used, and we're root, turn wrapping off. */
+#ifdef DISABLE_ROOTWRAPPING
+    /* If --disable-wrapping-as-root was used,
+     * and we're root, turn wrapping off. */
     if (geteuid() == NANO_ROOT_UID)
 	SET(NO_WRAP);
 #endif
@@ -2487,12 +2487,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(flags) / sizeof(flags[0]); i++)
 	    flags[i] |= flags_cpy[i];
     }
-#ifdef DISABLE_ROOTWRAPPING
-    /* If we don't have any rcfiles, --disable-wrapping-as-root is used,
-     * and we're root, turn wrapping off. */
-    else if (geteuid() == NANO_ROOT_UID)
-	SET(NO_WRAP);
-#endif
 #endif /* ENABLE_NANORC */
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_WRAPPING