1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 36d0a0bd9..d84df469c 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static void read_lines(void)
                                 readeof = eof_error;
                                 if (eof_error <= 0)
                                         goto reached_eof;
-                                had_progress = 1;
+                                IF_FEATURE_LESS_REGEXP(had_progress = 1;)
                         }
                         c = readbuf[readpos];
                         /* backspace? [needed for manpages] */