Index: src/text.c
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--- src/text.c	(revision 5672)
+++ src/text.c	(working copy)
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@
     filestruct *is_current = openfile->current;
     size_t is_current_x = openfile->current_x;
 
+    /* Remember where the cutbuffer is and then make it seem empty. */
+    filestruct *wascutbuffer = cutbuffer;
+    filestruct *wascutbottom = cutbottom;
+    cutbuffer = NULL;
+    cutbottom = NULL;
+
     /* Move the cursor to a word start, to the left or to the right. */
     if (backward)
 	do_prev_word(ISSET(WORD_BOUNDS), FALSE);
@@ -205,6 +211,11 @@
 
     /* Now kill the marked region and a word is gone. */
     do_cut_text_void();
+
+    /* Discard the cut word and restore the cutbuffer. */
+    free_filestruct(cutbuffer);
+    cutbuffer = wascutbuffer;
+    cutbottom = wascutbottom;
 }
 
 /* Delete a word leftward. */