--- /dev/null
+--- busybox-1.20.0/libbb/lineedit.c
++++ busybox-1.20.0-lineedit/libbb/lineedit.c
+@@ -1352,8 +1352,7 @@ static void load_history(line_input_t *s
+ /* fill temp_h[], retaining only last MAX_HISTORY lines */
+ memset(temp_h, 0, sizeof(temp_h));
+ idx = 0;
+- if (!ENABLE_FEATURE_EDITING_SAVE_ON_EXIT)
+- st_parm->cnt_history_in_file = 0;
++ st_parm->cnt_history_in_file = 0;
+ while ((line = xmalloc_fgetline(fp)) != NULL) {
+ if (line[0] == '\0') {
+ free(line);
+@@ -1361,8 +1360,7 @@ static void load_history(line_input_t *s
+ }
+ free(temp_h[idx]);
+ temp_h[idx] = line;
+- if (!ENABLE_FEATURE_EDITING_SAVE_ON_EXIT)
+- st_parm->cnt_history_in_file++;
++ st_parm->cnt_history_in_file++;
+ idx++;
+ if (idx == st_parm->max_history)
+ idx = 0;