diff --git a/src/highlight.rs b/src/highlight.rs
index cec8f2d..c827855 100644
--- a/src/highlight.rs
+++ b/src/highlight.rs
@@ -94,10 +94,11 @@ pub struct LineHighlighter<'a> {
     cursor_at_end: bool,
     cursor_style: Style,
     tab_len: u8,
+    mask: Option<char>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> LineHighlighter<'a> {
-    pub fn new(line: &'a str, cursor_style: Style, tab_len: u8) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(line: &'a str, cursor_style: Style, tab_len: u8, mask: Option<char>) -> Self {
         Self {
             line,
             spans: vec![],
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ impl<'a> LineHighlighter<'a> {
             cursor_at_end: false,
             cursor_style,
             tab_len,
+            mask,
         }
     }
 
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ impl<'a> LineHighlighter<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn into_spans(self, mask: Option<char>) -> Spans<'a> {
+    pub fn into_spans(self) -> Spans<'a> {
         let Self {
             line,
             mut spans,
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ impl<'a> LineHighlighter<'a> {
             style_begin,
             cursor_style,
             cursor_at_end,
+            mask,
         } = self;
 
         if boundaries.is_empty() {
diff --git a/src/textarea.rs b/src/textarea.rs
index 213ced1..0505a3c 100644
--- a/src/textarea.rs
+++ b/src/textarea.rs
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn line_spans<'b>(&'b self, line: &'b str, row: usize, lnum_len: u8) -> Spans<'b> {
-        let mut hl = LineHighlighter::new(line, self.cursor_style, self.tab_len);
+        let mut hl = LineHighlighter::new(line, self.cursor_style, self.tab_len, self.mask);
 
         if let Some(style) = self.line_number_style {
             hl.line_number(row, lnum_len, style);
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
             hl.search(matches, self.search.style);
         }
 
-        hl.into_spans(self.mask)
+        hl.into_spans()
     }
 
     /// Build a tui-rs widget to render the current state of the textarea. The widget instance returned from this