1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/print_numbered_lines.c b/libbb/print_numbered_lines.c
index 702aed1ea..9a8a51440 100644
--- a/libbb/print_numbered_lines.c
+++ b/libbb/print_numbered_lines.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ void FAST_FUNC print_numbered_lines(struct number_state *ns, const char *filenam
                         fputs(ns->empty_str, stdout);
                 free(line);
         }
+        ns->start = N;
 
         fclose(fp);
 }