diff --git a/display.c b/display.c
--- a/display.c
+++ b/display.c
@@ -2683,11 +2683,8 @@ rl_forced_update_display (void)
   register char *temp;
 
   if (visible_line)
-    {
-      temp = visible_line;
-      while (*temp)
-	*temp++ = '\0';
-    }
+    memset (visible_line, 0, line_size);
+
   rl_on_new_line ();
   forced_display++;
   (*rl_redisplay_function) ();
diff --git a/patchlevel b/patchlevel
--- a/patchlevel
+++ b/patchlevel
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Do not edit -- exists only for use by patch
 
-1
+2