1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/icomplete.el b/lisp/icomplete.el
index e35458f156b..786c0a55228 100644
--- a/lisp/icomplete.el
+++ b/lisp/icomplete.el
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ and `minibuffer-setup-hook'."
               (make-local-variable 'icomplete-eoinput))
           (setq icomplete-eoinput (point))
                                         ; Insert the match-status information:
-          (if (and (> (point-max) 1)
+          (if (and (> (point-max) (minibuffer-prompt-end))
                    (or
                     ;; Don't bother with delay after certain number of chars:
                     (> (point-max) icomplete-max-delay-chars)