1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/w32select.c b/src/w32select.c
index 21f828d1f0c..cc0ca64fab8 100644
--- a/src/w32select.c
+++ b/src/w32select.c
@@ -249,11 +249,18 @@ DEFUN ("w32-set-clipboard-data", Fw32_set_clipboard_data,
 
   ok = EmptyClipboard () && SetClipboardData (CF_TEXT, htext);
 
+  CloseClipboard ();
+
+  /* Common sense says to read the sequence number inside the
+     OpenClipboard/ CloseClipboard block to avoid race conditions
+     where another app puts something on the clipboard straight after
+     us. But experience suggests that the sequence number from the
+     SetClipboardData is not allocated until we close the clipboard!
+     Since clipboard operations are normally user-driven, the race
+     condition is probably not going to really happen.  */
   if (clipboard_sequence_fn)
     last_clipboard_sequence_number = clipboard_sequence_fn ();
 
-  CloseClipboard ();
-
   if (ok) goto done;
 
  error: