diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 209ba006..31e8f148 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-06-23  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/winio.c (edit_draw): Verify that there exists multidata for the
+	found starting line before trying to use it.  When a file is inserted
+	(^R), it will not have any precalculated multidata associated with it.
+	This fixes Savannah bug #45377 reported by Cody A. Taylor.
+
 2015-06-20  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/search.c (do_research): If nothing was searched for yet during
 	this run of nano, take the most recent item from the search history.
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index b8f918bd..c152b64c 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2602,7 +2602,7 @@ void edit_draw(filestruct *fileptr, const char *converted, int
 
 		/* If the found start has been qualified as an end earlier,
 		 * believe it and skip to the next step. */
-		if (start_line != NULL &&
+		if (start_line != NULL && start_line->multidata != NULL &&
 			start_line->multidata[tmpcolor->id] == CBEGINBEFORE)
 		    goto step_two;