@@ -256,9 +256,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

 	choices_init(&choices);

 	choices_fread(&choices, stdin);

-	if (num_lines > choices.size)

-		num_lines = choices.size;

-

 	if (benchmark) {

 		if (!filter) {

 			fprintf(stderr, "Must specify -e/--show-matches with --benchmark\n");

@@ -278,6 +275,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

 		tty_t tty;

 		tty_init(&tty, tty_filename);

+		if (num_lines > choices.size)

+			num_lines = choices.size;

+

 		if (num_lines + 1 > tty_getheight(&tty))

 			num_lines = tty_getheight(&tty) - 1;