2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index d4f654a1028..1b1a8f67e43 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2011-08-23  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+        * xdisp.c (redisplay_window): When computing centering_position,
+        account for the height of the header line.  (Bug#8874)
+
         * dispnew.c (buffer_posn_from_coords): Use buf_charpos_to_bytepos
         instead of CHAR_TO_BYTE.  Fixes a crash when a completion
         candidate is selected by the mouse, and that candidate has a
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 6fbbc69a7ca..f38c2828b8e 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -15305,7 +15305,8 @@ redisplay_window (Lisp_Object window, int just_this_one_p)
               if (pt_offset)
                 centering_position -= pt_offset;
               centering_position -=
-                FRAME_LINE_HEIGHT (f) * (1 + margin + (last_line_misfit != 0));
+                FRAME_LINE_HEIGHT (f) * (1 + margin + (last_line_misfit != 0))
+                + WINDOW_HEADER_LINE_HEIGHT (w);
               /* Don't let point enter the scroll margin near top of
                  the window.  */
               if (centering_position < margin * FRAME_LINE_HEIGHT (f))