diff --git a/src/wall.c b/src/wall.c

index 92ffbc1..9c68338 100644

--- a/src/wall.c

+++ b/src/wall.c

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)

   i = 0;

   for (p = buf; *p; p++) {

-	if (*p == '\n' && i++ > MAXLINES) {

+	if (*p == '\n' && ++i >= MAXLINES) {

 		*++p = 0;

 		break;

 	}