src/nnn.c | 3 ++-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 4be553acb56354f54a880acaccde1ee190b29bb8..36e2c30d0b769f8518a025c7428e5d33f5788b08 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -2843,7 +2843,8 @@ 				} else if (ln[REGEX_MAX - 1]) { /* Show the previous filter */
 					ln[1] = ln[REGEX_MAX - 1];
 					ln[REGEX_MAX - 1] = '\0';
 					len = mbstowcs(wln, ln, REGEX_MAX);
-				}
+				} else
+					goto end;
 			}
 
 			/* Go to the top, we don't know if the hovered file will match the filter */