diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 05eb744..da15c4d 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -1070,9 +1070,9 @@
 					}
 					pattern_space = xrealloc(pattern_space, pattern_space_size + hold_space_size);
 					if (pattern_space_size == 2) {
-						strcat(pattern_space, "\n");
-					} else {
 						strcpy(pattern_space, "\n");
+					} else {
+						strcat(pattern_space, "\n");
 					}
 					if (hold_space) {
 						strcat(pattern_space, hold_space);
diff --git a/testsuite/sed/sed-append-hold-space-to-pattern-space b/testsuite/sed/sed-append-hold-space-to-pattern-space
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dda80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/sed/sed-append-hold-space-to-pattern-space
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+busybox sed 'G'>output <<EOF
+a
+b
+c
+EOF
+cmp -s output - <<EOF
+a
+
+b
+
+c
+
+EOF