src/nnn.c | 2 ++

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index c9d07b3c69ba61a2b2b1f47a1e4d940155652f57..4a37dcb9ecab463728027e379277d7387b6652ff 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -2050,6 +2050,8 @@ 		printwait(messages[NONE_SELECTED], presel);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	endselection();
+
 	if (type == 's') /* symbolic link */
 		link_fn = &symlink;
 	else /* hard link */