diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 74c67136..78fcce05 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 	This fixes Savannah bug #47124 reported by Mike Frysinger.
 	* src/files.c (input_tab): Parse a character in the correct
 	buffer.  This fixes Savannah bug #47199.
+	* src/prompt.c (do_statusbar_output): Reduce an allocation to what
+	is actually needed.  This undoes the papering-over of above bug.
 
 2016-02-18  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/search.c (do_replace_loop), src/text.c (do_int_spell_fix),
diff --git a/src/prompt.c b/src/prompt.c
index d2ddd1c3..9d5908d7 100644
--- a/src/prompt.c
+++ b/src/prompt.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void do_statusbar_output(int *the_input, size_t input_len,
 	    continue;
 
 	/* More dangerousness fun. =) */
-	answer = charealloc(answer, answer_len + (char_buf_len * 2));
+	answer = charealloc(answer, answer_len + char_buf_len + 1);
 
 	assert(statusbar_x <= answer_len);