src/nnn.c | 4 +++-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 689582f6ebbce2b3b8bc850659b3a8660a2569b6..22aec1365f5f48523839d8788c23505be929513e 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -6574,8 +6574,10 @@
 			if (ndents) {
 				copycurname();
 
-				if (r == 'd' || r == 'a')
+				if (r == 'd' || r == 'a') {
+					presel = 0;
 					goto begin;
+				}
 
 				ENTSORT(pdents, ndents, entrycmpfn);
 				move_cursor(ndents ? dentfind(lastname, ndents) : 0, 0);