diff --git a/terminal/lineedit.c b/terminal/lineedit.c
index eaaa3a18..a5af9a07 100644
--- a/terminal/lineedit.c
+++ b/terminal/lineedit.c
@@ -157,8 +157,19 @@ static void lineedit_delete_line(TermLineEditor *le)
 
 void lineedit_send_line(TermLineEditor *le)
 {
+    bufchain output;
+    bufchain_init(&output);
+
     for (BufChar *bc = le->head; bc; bc = bc->next)
-        lineedit_send_data(le, make_ptrlen(bc->wire, bc->nwire));
+        bufchain_add(&output, bc->wire, bc->nwire);
+
+    while (bufchain_size(&output) > 0) {
+        ptrlen data = bufchain_prefix(&output);
+        lineedit_send_data(le, data);
+        bufchain_consume(&output, data.len);
+    }
+    bufchain_clear(&output);
+
     lineedit_free_buffer(le);
     le->quote_next_char = false;
 }