1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 46939a0b4ad..1f042f24cd3 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ Optional DEFAULT is a default password to use instead of empty input."
       (while (progn (message "%s%s"
                              prompt
                              (make-string (length pass) ?.))
-                    (setq c (read-char))
+                    (setq c (read-char nil t))
                     (and (/= c ?\r) (/= c ?\n) (/= c ?\e)))
         (if (= c ?\C-u)
             (setq pass "")