diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermView.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/TermView.cpp
index af9c9eae67..386b002ef5 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermView.cpp
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ TermView::_SynchronizeWithTextBuffer(int32 visibleDirtyTop,
 
 	// invalidate cursor, if it changed
 	TermPos cursor = fTextBuffer->Cursor();
-	if (fCursor != cursor) {
+	if (fCursor != cursor || linesScrolled != 0) {
 		// Before we scrolled we did already invalidate the old cursor.
 		if (!doScroll)
 			_InvalidateTextRect(fCursor.x, fCursor.y, fCursor.x, fCursor.y);