1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/keymap.c b/src/keymap.c
index 2c6c5ef03c9..9b36ec08b6d 100644
--- a/src/keymap.c
+++ b/src/keymap.c
@@ -2385,9 +2385,15 @@ around function keys and event symbols.  */)
       else
         SPLIT_CHAR (without_bits, charset, c1, c2);
 
-      if (charset
-          && CHAR_VALID_P (charset, 1)
-          && ((c1 == 0 && c2 == -1) || c2 == 0))
+      if (! CHAR_VALID_P (without_bits, 1))
+        {
+          char buf[256];
+
+          sprintf (buf, "Invalid char code %d", XINT (key));
+          return build_string (buf);
+        }
+      else if (charset
+               && ((c1 == 0 && c2 == -1) || c2 == 0))
         {
           /* Handle a generic character.  */
           Lisp_Object name;