1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 1a67ca7ce..37ec5d976 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ static void read_lines(void)
                 linepos = 0;
         } /* end of "read lines until we reach cur_fline" loop */
         fill_match_lines(old_max_fline);
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_LESS_REGEXP
+        /* prevent us from being stuck in search for a match */
+        wanted_match = -1;
+#endif
 #undef readbuf
 }
 
@@ -904,13 +908,8 @@ static void goto_match(int match)
                 match = 0;
         /* Try to find next match if eof isn't reached yet */
         if (match >= num_matches && eof_error > 0) {
-                wanted_match = match;
+                wanted_match = match; /* "I want to read until I see N'th match" */
                 read_lines();
-                if (wanted_match >= num_matches) {
-                        /* We still failed to find it. Prevent future
-                         * read_lines() from trying... */
-                        wanted_match = num_matches - 1;
-                }
         }
         if (num_matches) {
                 normalize_match_pos(match);