diff --git a/deployment/serendipity_editor.js b/deployment/serendipity_editor.js
index af096f4c..81a4a5c6 100644
--- a/deployment/serendipity_editor.js
+++ b/deployment/serendipity_editor.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function IEWrap(txtarea, lft, rgt) {
 }
 
 function wrapSelection(txtarea, lft, rgt) {
+    scrollPos = false;
     if (txtarea.scrollTop) {
         scrollPos = txtarea.scrollTop;
     }
diff --git a/serendipity_editor.js b/serendipity_editor.js
index af096f4c..81a4a5c6 100644
--- a/serendipity_editor.js
+++ b/serendipity_editor.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function IEWrap(txtarea, lft, rgt) {
 }
 
 function wrapSelection(txtarea, lft, rgt) {
+    scrollPos = false;
     if (txtarea.scrollTop) {
         scrollPos = txtarea.scrollTop;
     }