diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index b82bd98..d371ed9 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -231,7 +231,15 @@
 redraw_later_clear()
 {
     redraw_all_later(CLEAR);
-    screen_attr = HL_BOLD | HL_UNDERLINE;
+#ifdef FEAT_GUI
+    if (gui.in_use)
+	/* Use a code that will reset gui.highlight_mask in
+	 * gui_stop_highlight(). */
+	screen_attr = HL_ALL + 1;
+    else
+#endif
+	/* Use attributes that is very unlikely to appear in text. */
+	screen_attr = HL_BOLD | HL_UNDERLINE | HL_INVERSE;
 }
 
 /*