diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index bcfaabe..d1f17b5 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -8699,7 +8699,8 @@
 	if (row == Rows - 1)		/* overwritten the command line */
 	{
 	    redraw_cmdline = TRUE;
-	    if (c1 == ' ' && c2 == ' ')
+	    if (start_col == 0 && end_col == Columns
+		    && c1 == ' ' && c2 == ' ' && attr == 0)
 		clear_cmdline = FALSE;	/* command line has been cleared */
 	    if (start_col == 0)
 		mode_displayed = FALSE; /* mode cleared or overwritten */
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_window_cmd.vim b/src/testdir/test_window_cmd.vim
index 69b139f..296cba2 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_window_cmd.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_window_cmd.vim
@@ -483,4 +483,28 @@
   bwipe xxx
 endfunc
 
+func Test_visual_cleared_after_window_split()
+  new | only!
+  let smd_save = &showmode
+  set showmode
+  let ls_save = &laststatus
+  set laststatus=1
+  call setline(1, ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', ''])
+  norm! G
+  exe "norm! kkvk"
+  redraw
+  exe "norm! \<C-W>v"
+  redraw
+  " check if '-- VISUAL --' disappeared from command line
+  let columns = range(1, &columns)
+  let cmdlinechars = map(columns, 'nr2char(screenchar(&lines, v:val))')
+  let cmdline = join(cmdlinechars, '')
+  let cmdline_ltrim = substitute(cmdline, '^\s*', "", "")
+  let mode_shown = substitute(cmdline_ltrim, '\s*$', "", "")
+  call assert_equal('', mode_shown)
+  let &showmode = smd_save
+  let &laststatus = ls_save
+  bwipe!
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 8d7049d..6c3b38d 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -763,6 +763,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1705,
+/**/
     1704,
 /**/
     1703,