diff --git a/src/ex_getln.c b/src/ex_getln.c
index b7804d1..60e9641 100644
--- a/src/ex_getln.c
+++ b/src/ex_getln.c
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@
 	else
 	{
 	    p = get_histentry(histype)[hiscnt].hisstr;
-	    plen = STRLEN(p);
+	    plen = get_histentry(histype)[hiscnt].hisstrlen;
 	}
 
 	if (histype == HIST_SEARCH