diff --git a/src/move.c b/src/move.c
index a6d2fde..31dc95b 100644
--- a/src/move.c
+++ b/src/move.c
@@ -2918,10 +2918,7 @@
 	    restart_edit_save = restart_edit;
 	    restart_edit = TRUE;
 	    check_cursor();
-# ifdef FEAT_SYN_HL
-	    if (curwin->w_p_cul || curwin->w_p_cuc)
-		validate_cursor();
-# endif
+	    validate_cursor();
 	    restart_edit = restart_edit_save;
 	    // Correct cursor for multi-byte character.
 	    if (has_mbyte)