diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index a72ecaf..f738e2b 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -7447,7 +7447,7 @@
 	    {
 		/* don't free regprog in the match list, it's a copy */
 		vim_regfree(shl->rm.regprog);
-		no_hlsearch = TRUE;
+		SET_NO_HLSEARCH(TRUE);
 	    }
 	    shl->rm.regprog = NULL;
 	    shl->lnum = 0;