1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libncurses/lib_bkgd.c b/lib/libncurses/lib_bkgd.c
index f54e4d130c19..0210995b7eb0 100644
--- a/lib/libncurses/lib_bkgd.c
+++ b/lib/libncurses/lib_bkgd.c
@@ -27,13 +27,10 @@ int x, y;
 	T(("wbkgd(%x, %x) called", win, ch));
 	for (y = 0; y < win->_maxy; y++)
 		for (x = 0; x < win->_maxx; x++) 
-			/* Don't attempt to replace existing attrs */
-			if ((win->_line[y][x]&A_ATTRIBUTES) == A_NORMAL) {
-				if (win->_line[y][x] == ' ')
-					win->_line[y][x] = ch;
+			if (win->_line[y][x]&A_CHARTEXT == ' ')
+				win->_line[y][x] |= ch;
 			else
 				win->_line[y][x] |= (ch&A_ATTRIBUTES);
-			}
 	touchwin(win);
 	return OK;
 }