diff --git a/src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp b/src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
index 92f94277434fc0715d2c1305d98b941e03a3cb00..f6ae2d32ff5e7b026f2cdbafe25446a7a3ce61cf 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ void sbbs_t::useredit(int usernumber)
 				editfile(str);
 				break;
 			case 'I':
+				lncntr = 0;
 				maindflts(&user);
 				break;
 			case 'J':   /* Edit Minutes */