updated for version 7.1-173
diff --git a/src/regexp.c b/src/regexp.c
index 6717d2c..d61473c 100644
--- a/src/regexp.c
+++ b/src/regexp.c
@@ -3810,11 +3810,11 @@
break;
case RE_BOF:
- /* Passing -1 to the getline() function provided for the search
- * should always return NULL if the current line is the first
- * line of the file. */
+ /* We're not at the beginning of the file when below the first
+ * line where we started, not at the start of the line or we
+ * didn't start at the first line of the buffer. */
if (reglnum != 0 || reginput != regline
- || (REG_MULTI && reg_getline((linenr_T)-1) != NULL))
+ || (REG_MULTI && reg_firstlnum > 1))
status = RA_NOMATCH;
break;