diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/hal/x86/printk.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/hal/x86/printk.c
index 59554f29d83..6d7948b2544 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/hal/x86/printk.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/hal/x86/printk.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static void putchar(char c)
 	memcpy(vidmem,&vidmem[NR_COLUMNS*2],
 	       NR_COLUMNS*(NR_ROWS-1)*2);
 	memset(&vidmem[NR_COLUMNS*(NR_ROWS-1)*2],0,NR_COLUMNS*2);
-	cursory=24;
+	cursory=NR_ROWS-1;
      }
    
    /*