diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/user32/controls/edit.c b/reactos/dll/win32/user32/controls/edit.c
index ca896acacea..ec8c553e98d 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/user32/controls/edit.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/user32/controls/edit.c
@@ -4833,7 +4833,8 @@ static LRESULT EDIT_WM_LButtonDown(EDITSTATE *es, DWORD keys, INT x, INT y)
 	EDIT_EM_SetSel(es, (keys & MK_SHIFT) ? es->selection_start : e, e, after_wrap);
 	EDIT_EM_ScrollCaret(es);
 	es->region_posx = es->region_posy = 0;
-	SetTimer(es->hwndSelf, 0, 100, NULL);
+	if (!(es->style & ES_MULTILINE))
+	    SetTimer(es->hwndSelf, 0, 100, NULL);
 
 	if (!(es->flags & EF_FOCUSED))
             SetFocus(es->hwndSelf);