diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index b975a61..6490fd3 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@
 		if (frp->fr_win != oldwin && frp->fr_win != NULL
 			&& (frp->fr_win->w_width > new_size
 			    || frp->fr_win->w_width > oldwin->w_width
-						   - new_size - STATUS_HEIGHT))
+							      - new_size - 1))
 		{
 		    do_equal = TRUE;
 		    break;