--- rxvt-unicode/src/scrollbar-xterm.C	2007/11/15 11:36:15	1.25
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/scrollbar-xterm.C	2007/12/18 11:08:45	1.26
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@
       ShadowGC = XCreateGC (dpy, scrollBar.win, GCForeground, &gcvalue);
     }
 
+  xsb = option (Opt_scrollBar_right) ? 1 : 0;
+
   if (update)
     {
-      xsb = option (Opt_scrollBar_right) ? 1 : 0;
       if (last_top < scrollBar.top)
         XClearArea (dpy, scrollBar.win,
                    sb_shadow + xsb, last_top,