1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index ba608fbd2..3daa0756b 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ static char *char_insert(char *p, char c, int undo) // insert the char c at 'p'
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_VI_SETOPTS
                 if (autoindent) {
                         len = indent_len(bol);
-                        if (len && get_column(bol + len) == indentcol) {
+                        if (len && get_column(bol + len) == indentcol && bol[len] == '\n') {
                                 // remove autoindent from otherwise empty line
                                 text_hole_delete(bol, bol + len - 1, undo);
                                 p = bol;