diff --git a/src/quickfix.c b/src/quickfix.c
index 660622f..414fe65 100644
--- a/src/quickfix.c
+++ b/src/quickfix.c
@@ -3388,7 +3388,7 @@
 	// Move the cursor to the first line in the buffer
 	save_cursor = curwin->w_cursor;
 	curwin->w_cursor.lnum = 0;
-	if (!do_search(NULL, '/', '/', qf_pattern, (long)1, SEARCH_KEEP, NULL))
+	if (!do_search(NULL, '/', '/', qf_pattern, STRLEN(qf_pattern), (long)1, SEARCH_KEEP, NULL))
 	    curwin->w_cursor = save_cursor;
     }
 }