diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2c81aeb2ac4a859f72d695bc0d8dce6588cbef66..620f65e3be5287910624a7f5c3f1564cc4d6a8c4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ CVS code -
 	  character as having the width of Unicode U+FFFD (Replacement
 	  Character) instead of having a width of zero, since display
 	  problems can crop up with the latter approach. (DLR)
+- cut.c:
+  cut_line()
+	- Since placewewant will always be zero after the line is cut,
+	  set it to zero directly instead of assigning it the value of
+	  xplustabs(). (DLR)
 - files.c:
   read_file()
 	- Remove apparently unneeded logic to handle a case where
diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index dd384762a5588f28651a193c14641a8d0ce63f95..82c71e44d681c97801bc9dcbd23da6801a3bd786 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ void cutbuffer_reset(void)
 
 /* If we're not on the last line of the file, move all the text of the
  * current line, plus the newline at the end, to the cutbuffer, and set
- * the current place we want to where the line used to start.  If we
- * are, and the last line of the file isn't blank, move all of the text
- * of the current line to the cutbuffer, and set the current place we
- * want to where the now-blank line starts. */
+ * the current place we want to the beginning of the now-nonexistent
+ * line.  If we are, and the last line of the file isn't blank, move all
+ * of the text of the current line to the cutbuffer, and set the current
+ * place we want to the beginning of the now-blank line. */
 void cut_line(void)
 {
     size_t data_len = strlen(openfile->current->data);
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void cut_line(void)
 	move_to_filestruct(&cutbuffer, &cutbottom, openfile->current, 0,
 		openfile->current, data_len);
 
-    openfile->placewewant = xplustabs();
+    openfile->placewewant = 0;
 }
 
 #ifndef NANO_SMALL