diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3cbe6221..70af495f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Changes since 3.0.3:
 
   BUG FIXES:
 
-    - ...
+    - Changed the way --progress overwrites its prior output in order to make
+      it nearly impossible for the progress to get overwritten by an error.
 
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
diff --git a/cleanup.c b/cleanup.c
index e59565da..279b5326 100644
--- a/cleanup.c
+++ b/cleanup.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ extern int am_daemon;
 extern int io_error;
 extern int keep_partial;
 extern int got_xfer_error;
+extern int progress_is_active;
 extern char *partial_dir;
 extern char *logfile_name;
 
@@ -115,6 +116,11 @@ NORETURN void _exit_cleanup(int code, const char *file, int line)
 
 		exit_code = unmodified_code = code;
 
+		if (progress_is_active) {
+			fputc('\n', stdout);
+			progress_is_active = 0;
+		}
+
 		if (verbose > 3) {
 			rprintf(FINFO,
 				"_exit_cleanup(code=%d, file=%s, line=%d): entered\n",
diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index 975ebaf3..9100f5db 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void rwrite(enum logcode code, const char *buf, int len, int is_utf8)
 		exit_cleanup(RERR_MESSAGEIO);
 	}
 
-	if (progress_is_active && !am_server) {
+	if (progress_is_active) {
 		fputc('\n', f);
 		progress_is_active = 0;
 	}
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ void rwrite(enum logcode code, const char *buf, int len, int is_utf8)
 	trailing_CR_or_NL = len && (buf[len-1] == '\n' || buf[len-1] == '\r')
 			  ? buf[--len] : 0;
 
+	if (len && buf[0] == '\r') {
+		fputc('\r', f);
+		buf++;
+		len--;
+	}
+
 #ifdef ICONV_CONST
 	if (ic != (iconv_t)-1) {
 		xbuf outbuf, inbuf;
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 0ad26f89..0ac5bfd9 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -1532,8 +1532,12 @@ int parse_arguments(int *argc_p, const char ***argv_p)
 		log_before_transfer = !am_server;
 	}
 
-	if (do_progress && !verbose && !log_before_transfer && !am_server)
-		verbose = 1;
+	if (do_progress) {
+		if (am_server)
+			do_progress = 0;
+		else if (!verbose && !log_before_transfer && !am_server)
+			verbose = 1;
+	}
 
 	if (dry_run)
 		do_xfers = 0;
diff --git a/progress.c b/progress.c
index 86f8ea13..25033b8b 100644
--- a/progress.c
+++ b/progress.c
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ static void rprint_progress(OFF_T ofs, OFF_T size, struct timeval *now,
 	double rate, remain;
 
 	if (is_last) {
+		snprintf(eol, sizeof eol,
+			" (xfer#%d, to-check=%d/%d)\n",
+			stats.num_transferred_files,
+			stats.num_files - current_file_index - 1,
+			stats.num_files);
 		/* Compute stats based on the starting info. */
 		if (!ph_start.time.tv_sec
 		    || !(diff = msdiff(&ph_start.time, now)))
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ static void rprint_progress(OFF_T ofs, OFF_T size, struct timeval *now,
 		/* Switch to total time taken for our last update. */
 		remain = (double) diff / 1000.0;
 	} else {
+		strlcpy(eol, "  ", sizeof eol);
 		/* Compute stats based on recent progress. */
 		if (!(diff = msdiff(&ph_list[oldest_hpos].time, now)))
 			diff = 1;
@@ -106,18 +112,13 @@ static void rprint_progress(OFF_T ofs, OFF_T size, struct timeval *now,
 			 (int) remain % 60);
 	}
 
-	if (is_last) {
-		snprintf(eol, sizeof eol, " (xfer#%d, to-check=%d/%d)\n",
-			stats.num_transferred_files,
-			stats.num_files - current_file_index - 1,
-			stats.num_files);
-	} else
-		strlcpy(eol, "\r", sizeof eol);
 	progress_is_active = 0;
-	rprintf(FCLIENT, "%12s %3d%% %7.2f%s %s%s",
+	rprintf(FCLIENT, "\r%12s %3d%% %7.2f%s %s%s",
 		human_num(ofs), pct, rate, units, rembuf, eol);
-	if (!is_last)
+	if (!is_last) {
 		progress_is_active = 1;
+		fflush(stdout);
+	}
 }
 
 void set_current_file_index(struct file_struct *file, int ndx)