diff --git a/src/spell.c b/src/spell.c
index e22e428..c3bf5b0 100644
--- a/src/spell.c
+++ b/src/spell.c
@@ -2108,7 +2108,8 @@
 	 * possible. */
 	STRCPY(buf, line);
 	if (lnum < wp->w_buffer->b_ml.ml_line_count)
-	    spell_cat_line(buf + STRLEN(buf), ml_get(lnum + 1), MAXWLEN);
+	    spell_cat_line(buf + STRLEN(buf),
+			  ml_get_buf(wp->w_buffer, lnum + 1, FALSE), MAXWLEN);
 
 	p = buf + skip;
 	endp = buf + len;