diff --git a/misc/e4defrag.c b/misc/e4defrag.c
index 9938c12..0b4873d 100644
--- a/misc/e4defrag.c
+++ b/misc/e4defrag.c
@@ -146,10 +146,12 @@ struct move_extent {
 };
 
 char	lost_found_dir[PATH_MAX + 1];
+char	backspaces[5];
 int	block_size;
 int	extents_before_defrag;
 int	extents_after_defrag;
 int	mode_flag;
+int	current_progress;
 unsigned int	threshold;
 unsigned int	defraged_file_count;
 unsigned int	frag_files_before_defrag;
@@ -797,20 +799,36 @@ static void free_exts_group(struct fiemap_extent_group *ext_group_head)
 }
 
 /*
- * print_progress -	Print defrag progress
+ * progress_init -	Print defrag progress for the first time
  *
  * @file:		file name.
+ * @init_percent:	initial percentage of the progress
+ */
+static void progress_init(const char *file, int init_percent)
+{
+	current_progress = init_percent;
+	printf("%s:\t%3d%%", file, init_percent);
+	fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+/*
+ * progress_update -	Update defrag progress
+ *
  * @start:		logical offset for defrag target file
  * @file_size:		defrag target filesize
  */
-static void print_progress(const char *file, loff_t start, loff_t file_size)
+static void progress_update(loff_t start, loff_t file_size)
 {
 	int percent = (start * 100) / file_size;
-	printf("\033[79;0H\033[K[%u/%u]%s:\t%3d%%",
-		defraged_file_count, total_count, file, min(percent, 100));
-	fflush(stdout);
 
-	return;
+	/* Need not to update the progress */
+	if (percent == current_progress)
+		return;
+
+	current_progress = percent;
+	fprintf(stdout, "%.4s", backspaces);
+	printf("%3d%%", min(percent, 100));
+	fflush(stdout);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -837,7 +855,7 @@ static int call_defrag(int fd, int donor_fd, const char *file,
 	move_data.donor_fd = donor_fd;
 
 	/* Print defrag progress */
-	print_progress(file, start, buf->st_size);
+	progress_init(file, 0);
 
 	ext_list_tmp = ext_list_head;
 	do {
@@ -901,7 +919,7 @@ static int call_defrag(int fd, int donor_fd, const char *file,
 		start = move_data.orig_start * buf->st_blksize;
 
 		/* Print defrag progress */
-		print_progress(file, start, buf->st_size);
+		progress_update(start, buf->st_size);
 
 		/* End of file */
 		if (start >= buf->st_size)
@@ -1124,8 +1142,7 @@ check_improvement:
 
 	if (orig_score == 0 || (donor_score > 0 && !(mode_flag & FORCE)) ||
 			(orig_score <= donor_score && (mode_flag & FORCE))) {
-		printf("\033[79;0H\033[K[%u/%u]%s:\t%3d%%",
-			defraged_file_count, total_count, file, 100);
+		progress_init(file, 100);
 		if (mode_flag & DETAIL)
 			printf("  extents: %d -> %d",
 				file_frags_start, file_frags_start);
@@ -1220,6 +1237,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		goto out;
 
 	threshold = (mode_flag & FORCE) ? ~0U : DEFAULT_THRESHOLD;
+	memset(backspaces, '\b', sizeof(backspaces)-1);
+	backspaces[sizeof(backspaces)-1] = 0;
 
 	/* Main process */
 	for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) {