diff --git a/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c b/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
index ef31e403..beddae19 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
@@ -1147,6 +1147,7 @@ static void view_remove_line(TEXT_BUFFER_VIEW_REC *view, LINE_REC *line,
 						linecount, FALSE);
 			view->ypos -= realcount;
 			view->empty_linecount += linecount-realcount;
+			view->startline = view->startline->next;
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (textbuffer_line_exists_after(view->bottom_startline,