diff --git a/preview.el.in b/preview.el.in
index 89b767ad..a402544f 100644
--- a/preview.el.in
+++ b/preview.el.in
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ and tries to restart Ghostscript if necessary."
 		    (substring (current-time-string) 0 -5))
 	    (forward-char 1)
 	    (TeX-command-mode-line process)
+	    (if (eq status 'exit) (force-mode-line-update t))
 	    (when (memq status '(exit signal))
 	      ;; process died.
 	      ;;  Throw away culprit, go on.