diff --git a/src/normal.c b/src/normal.c
index 86b8740..9f203b8 100644
--- a/src/normal.c
+++ b/src/normal.c
@@ -4799,7 +4799,7 @@
     if (VIsual_active)
     {
 	if (got_int)
-	    reset_VIsual();
+	    got_int = FALSE;
 	if (had_ctrl_v)
 	{
 	    // Use a special (negative) number to make a difference between a
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_visual.vim b/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
index 58b7392..290641e 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
@@ -1573,4 +1573,18 @@
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 endfunc
 
+func Test_Visual_r_CTRL_C()
+  new
+  " visual r_cmd
+  call setline(1, ['   '])
+  call feedkeys("\<c-v>$r\<c-c>", 'tx')
+  call assert_equal([''], getline(1, 1))
+
+  " visual gr_cmd
+  call setline(1, ['   '])
+  call feedkeys("\<c-v>$gr\<c-c>", 'tx')
+  call assert_equal([''], getline(1, 1))
+  bw!
+endfu
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 809fb60..03cb97f 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -700,6 +700,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1915,
+/**/
     1914,
 /**/
     1913,