noice.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/noice.c b/noice.c
index 09a63db018eff8f7d579a99b64c8c3bcb8561425..a2599d7ea62412a485820ba3d90207daafd2b6e8 100644
--- a/noice.c
+++ b/noice.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ 	/* Starting point */
 	getyx(stdscr, y, x);
 	x0 = x;
 
-	while (c = getch()) {
+	while ((c = getch()) != ERR) {
 		if (c == KEY_ENTER || c == '\r')
 			break;
 		if (c == KEY_BACKSPACE) {