1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 0f385dc08df..fbbd2ccb246 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -22090,7 +22090,9 @@ expose_window (w, fr)
               || (r.y >= y0 && r.y < y1)
               || (r.y + r.height > y0 && r.y + r.height < y1))
             {
-              if (row->overlapping_p)
+              /* A header line may be overlapping, but there is no need
+                 to fix overlapping areas for them.  KFS 2005-02-12 */
+              if (row->overlapping_p && !row->mode_line_p)
                 {
                   if (first_overlapping_row == NULL)
                     first_overlapping_row = row;