diff --git a/display.c b/display.c
--- a/display.c
+++ b/display.c
@@ -2683,11 +2683,8 @@ rl_forced_update_display (void)
register char *temp;
if (visible_line)
- {
- temp = visible_line;
- while (*temp)
- *temp++ = '\0';
- }
+ memset (visible_line, 0, line_size);
+
rl_on_new_line ();
forced_display++;
(*rl_redisplay_function) ();
diff --git a/patchlevel b/patchlevel
--- a/patchlevel
+++ b/patchlevel
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
# Do not edit -- exists only for use by patch
-1
+2