diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index a174e37b..1ad3a481 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2882,7 +2882,7 @@ void draw_scrollbar(void)
 		highest = editwinrows;
 
 	for (int row = 0; row < editwinrows; row++) {
-		bardata[row] = ' '|((row >= lowest && row <= highest) ? A_REVERSE : 0);
+		bardata[row] = ' '|((row >= lowest && row <= highest) ? interface_color_pair[SELECTED_TEXT] : 0);
 		mvwaddch(edit, row, COLS - 1, bardata[row]);
 	}
 }