1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index 075f714cf..b2d185193 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -2919,10 +2919,10 @@ static int file_insert(const char *fn, char *p, int initial)
         int fd, size;
         struct stat statbuf;
 
-        if (p < text || p > end) {
-                status_line_bold("Trying to insert file outside of memory");
-                return cnt;
-        }
+        if (p < text)
+                p = text;
+        if (p > end)
+                p = end;
 
         fd = open(fn, O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0) {