diff --git a/src/allmain.c b/src/allmain.c
index c50dc2ef8..7e2770f4e 100644
--- a/src/allmain.c
+++ b/src/allmain.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	allmain.c	$NHDT-Date: 1554857127 2019/04/10 00:45:27 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.98 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	allmain.c	$NHDT-Date: 1554895741 2019/04/10 11:29:01 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.99 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2012. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ boolean resuming;
             /******************************************/
 
 #ifdef STATUS_HILITES
-            status_eval_next_unhilite();
+            if (iflags.hilite_delta)
+                status_eval_next_unhilite();
 #endif
             if (context.bypasses)
                 clear_bypasses();