1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index d2d267036..31ad96c02 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -3293,8 +3293,11 @@ static void do_cmd(char c)
                 buf[0] = c;
                 buf[1] = '\0';
                 q = get_input_line(buf);        // get input line- use "status line"
-                if (q[0] && !q[1])
+                if (q[0] && !q[1]) {
+                        if (last_search_pattern[0])
+                            last_search_pattern[0] = c;
                         goto dc3; // if no pat re-use old pat
+                }
                 if (q[0]) {       // strlen(q) > 1: new pat- save it and find
                         // there is a new pat
                         free(last_search_pattern);