diff --git a/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c b/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
index dc7030ed..a8d8a3f8 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static void view_draw(TEXT_BUFFER_VIEW_REC *view, GList *line,
 
         /* clear the rest of the view */
 	while (lines > 0) {
-		screen_move(view->window, ypos, 0);
+		screen_move(view->window, 0, ypos);
 		screen_clrtoeol(view->window);
 		ypos++; lines--;
 	}