1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/select.el b/lisp/select.el
index d6a18fee706..c095ea50c44 100644
--- a/lisp/select.el
+++ b/lisp/select.el
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
         (if coding
             (setq coding (coding-system-base coding))
           (setq coding 'raw-text))
-        ;; Suppress producing escape sequences for compositions.
         (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
+          ;; Suppress producing escape sequences for compositions.
           (remove-text-properties 0 (length str) '(composition nil) str)
           (cond
            ((eq type 'TEXT)