diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py
index e44e611e6fb8b7..c4d6b9ce0951b8 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py
@@ -373,6 +373,14 @@ def calc_screen(self) -> list[str]:
                 prompt = ""
             else:
                 prompt = self.get_prompt(ln, ll >= pos >= 0)
+            trace("prompt = " + str(prompt))
+            trace("screen before while loop = " + str(screen))
+            while "\n" in prompt:
+                pre_prompt, _, prompt = prompt.partition("\n")
+                last_refresh_line_end_offsets.append(offset)
+                screen.append(pre_prompt)
+                screeninfo.append((0, []))
+            trace("screen after while loop = " + str(screen))
             pos -= ll + 1
             prompt, lp = self.process_prompt(prompt)
             l, l2 = disp_str(line)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_reader.py b/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_reader.py
index 6c72a1d39c55df..d02ee34772ade7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_reader.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_reader.py
@@ -312,3 +312,6 @@ def test_key_press_on_tab_press_once(self):
         reader, _ = handle_all_events(events, prepare_reader=completing_reader)
 
         self.assert_screen_equals(reader, f"{code}a")
+
+    def test_tmp(self):
+        self.assertListEqual([1], [2])