noice.c | 4 ++--

diff --git a/noice.c b/noice.c
index e4f86a032aa831d95c8ba31a9499ecf6fbdb3673..638211d83db91c90d73ef6da421ce89d5969b78c 100644
--- a/noice.c
+++ b/noice.c
@@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ 			break;
 		if (c == KEY_BACKSPACE) {
 			getyx(stdscr, y, x);
 			if (x >= x0) {
+				i--;
 				if (i > 0) {
-					ln = xrealloc(ln, (i - 1) * sizeof(*ln));
-					i--;
+					ln = xrealloc(ln, i * sizeof(*ln));
 				} else {
 					free(ln);
 					ln = NULL;