diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index d3eb9ab..d6bbaee 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ zenity_text (ZenityData *data, ZenityTextData *text_data) {
 	} else
 		zenity_text_fill_entries_from_stdin (GTK_TEXT_VIEW (text_view));
 
+	zen_text_data->buffer = text_buffer;
+
 	if (data->extra_label) {
 		gint i = 0;
 		while (data->extra_label[i] != NULL) {