src/nnn.c | 3 ++-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index cc70bf9daa86ffb70639138119bf93c62887e573..20e082e3d9f892b3d9236d4208374ab998a72c0c 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -2225,7 +2225,8 @@ 		//DPRINTF_S(keyname(c));
 
 		if (c == ERR && presel == MSGWAIT)
 			c = (cfg.filtermode) ? FILTER : CONTROL('L');
-		else if (c == FILTER) /* Clear previous filter when manually starting */
+		else if (c == FILTER || c == CONTROL('L'))
+			/* Clear previous filter when manually starting */
 			clearfilter();
 	}