1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index 35fca18ff28..49dcaea467c 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -3075,6 +3075,12 @@ read_process_output (proc, channel)
       bcopy (chars + coding->consumed, XSTRING (p->decoding_buf)->data,
              carryover);
       XSETINT (p->decoding_carryover, carryover);
+      /* Adjust the multibyteness of TEXT to that of the buffer.  */
+      if (NILP (current_buffer->enable_multibyte_characters)
+          != ! STRING_MULTIBYTE (text))
+        text = (STRING_MULTIBYTE (text)
+                ? Fstring_as_unibyte (text)
+                : Fstring_as_multibyte (text));
       nbytes = STRING_BYTES (XSTRING (text));
       nchars = XSTRING (text)->size;
       insert_from_string_before_markers (text, 0, 0, nchars, nbytes, 0);