1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Src/Modules/parameter.c b/Src/Modules/parameter.c
index 6bfe43479..bc8918e0f 100644
--- a/Src/Modules/parameter.c
+++ b/Src/Modules/parameter.c
@@ -1093,11 +1093,15 @@ static char **
 histwgetfn(Param pm)
 {
     char **ret, **p, *h, *e, sav;
-    LinkList l = newlinklist();
+    LinkList l = newlinklist(), ll;
     LinkNode n;
     int i = addhistnum(curhist, -1, HIST_FOREIGN), iw;
     Histent he = quietgethistent(i, GETHIST_UPWARD);
 
+    ll = bufferwords(NULL);
+    for (n = firstnode(ll); n; incnode(n))
+	pushnode(l, getdata(n));
+
     while (he) {
 	for (iw = he->nwords - 1; iw >= 0; iw--) {
 	    h = he->text + he->words[iw * 2];