1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/status.c b/status.c
index 93ac70df..ad4d6cda 100644
--- a/status.c
+++ b/status.c
@@ -1275,8 +1275,7 @@ process_key:
 append_key:
 	if (key <= 0x1f || key >= KEYC_BASE)
 		return (0);
-	if (utf8_split(key, &tmp) != UTF8_DONE)
-		return (0);
+	utf8_to_data(key, &tmp);
 
 	c->prompt_buffer = xreallocarray(c->prompt_buffer, size + 2,
 	    sizeof *c->prompt_buffer);