diff --git a/panel/p_above.c b/panel/p_above.c
index 32495f6..76209fe 100644
--- a/panel/p_above.c
+++ b/panel/p_above.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2000,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -29,24 +29,56 @@
 /****************************************************************************
  *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1995                    *
  *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ *     and: Juergen Pfeifer                         1997-1999,2008          *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
 /* p_above.c
  */
 #include "panel.priv.h"
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: p_above.c,v 1.6 2005/02/19 16:44:57 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: p_above.c,v 1.9 2012/03/10 23:43:41 tom Exp $")
+
+#if NCURSES_SP_FUNCS
+NCURSES_EXPORT(PANEL *)
+ground_panel(SCREEN * sp)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("ground_panel(%p)"), (void *)sp));
+  if (sp)
+    {
+      struct panelhook *ph = NCURSES_SP_NAME(_nc_panelhook) (sp);
+
+      if (_nc_bottom_panel)	/* this is the pseudo panel */
+	returnPanel(_nc_bottom_panel->above);
+      else
+	returnPanel(0);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      if (0 == CURRENT_SCREEN)
+	returnPanel(0);
+      else
+	returnPanel(ground_panel(CURRENT_SCREEN));
+    }
+}
+#endif
 
 NCURSES_EXPORT(PANEL *)
 panel_above(const PANEL * pan)
 {
-  T((T_CALLED("panel_above(%p)"), pan));
-  if (!pan)
+  PANEL *result;
+
+  T((T_CALLED("panel_above(%p)"), (const void *)pan));
+  if (pan)
+    result = pan->above;
+  else
     {
+#if NCURSES_SP_FUNCS
+      result = ground_panel(CURRENT_SCREEN);
+#else
       /* if top and bottom are equal, we have no or only the pseudo panel;
          if not, we return the panel above the pseudo panel */
-      returnPanel(EMPTY_STACK()? (PANEL *) 0 : _nc_bottom_panel->above);
+      result = EMPTY_STACK()? (PANEL *) 0 : _nc_bottom_panel->above;
+#endif
     }
-  else
-    returnPanel(pan->above);
+  returnPanel(result);
 }