diff --git a/src/history.rs b/src/history.rs
index 4f66d2957..c303ff5c3 100644
--- a/src/history.rs
+++ b/src/history.rs
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ fn save_internal_via_appending(&mut self, history_path: &wstr) -> std::io::Resul
         // write.
         // We don't update `self.file_contents` since we only appended to the file, and everything we
         // appended remains in our new_items
-        self.history_file_id = file_id;
+        self.history_file_id = file_id_for_file(locked_history_file.get());
 
         drop(locked_history_file);