diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4ebb03969..5d5b4c260 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.23.5 (not yet released)
+* protocol
+  - fix "searchaddpl" bug (bogus error "Bad position")
 * migrate to PCRE2
 * GCC 12 build fixes
 
diff --git a/src/db/DatabasePlaylist.cxx b/src/db/DatabasePlaylist.cxx
index 0e14a97fc..7d86b4b62 100644
--- a/src/db/DatabasePlaylist.cxx
+++ b/src/db/DatabasePlaylist.cxx
@@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ SearchInsertIntoPlaylist(const Database &db, const Storage *storage,
 
 	unsigned n = 0;
 
-	db.Visit(selection, [&playlist, &position, &n, storage](const auto &song){
+	db.Visit(selection, [&playlist, position, &n, storage](const auto &song){
 		playlist.Insert(position + n,
 				DatabaseDetachSong(storage, song));
-		++position;
 		++n;
 	});