diff --git a/src/gui.c b/src/gui.c
index df29dc9..d9ac839 100644
--- a/src/gui.c
+++ b/src/gui.c
@@ -2668,7 +2668,7 @@
     if (retval == FAIL)
     {
 	/* Blocking wait. */
-	updatescript(0);
+	before_blocking();
 	retval = gui_mch_wait_for_chars(-1L);
     }