diff --git a/control.cpp b/control.cpp
index 87b557e9..a7708245 100644
--- a/control.cpp
+++ b/control.cpp
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ void fix_mouseh() {
   else
 #endif
     mouseh = gethyper(mousex, mousey);
+  need_mouseh = false;
   }
 
 void handlekey(int sym, int uni) {
diff --git a/hyper.h b/hyper.h
index 5201126a..e86821e1 100644
--- a/hyper.h
+++ b/hyper.h
@@ -2422,3 +2422,4 @@ transmatrix actualV(const heptspin& hs, const transmatrix& V);
 transmatrix cview();
 
 extern string truncatenames[2];
+extern bool need_mouseh;