diff --git a/client/display.c b/client/display.c
index 5cd4aaac..fb7828f8 100644
--- a/client/display.c
+++ b/client/display.c
@@ -308,8 +308,11 @@ static void display_completion_matches(char **matches, int num_matches,
 	char line[LINE_LEN];
 	size_t index;
 	size_t line_used;
+	char *input = rl_copy_text(0, rl_end);
+
+	prompt = l_strdup_printf("%s%s\n", IWD_PROMPT, input);
+	l_free(input);
 
-	prompt = l_strdup_printf("%s%s\n", IWD_PROMPT, rl_copy_text(0, rl_end));
 	display_text(prompt);
 	l_free(prompt);