diff --git a/windows/multilineentry.cpp b/windows/multilineentry.cpp
index 391f4855..1365e4e3 100644
--- a/windows/multilineentry.cpp
+++ b/windows/multilineentry.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void uiMultilineEntrySetText(uiMultilineEntry *e, const char *text)
 	// doing this raises an EN_CHANGED
 	e->inhibitChanged = TRUE;
 	crlf = LFtoCRLF(text);
-	uiWindowsSetWindowText(e->hwnd, text);
+	uiWindowsSetWindowText(e->hwnd, crlf);
 	uiprivFree(crlf);
 	e->inhibitChanged = FALSE;
 	// don't queue the control for resize; entry sizes are independent of their contents