1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/xselect.c b/src/xselect.c
index c89347be2cd..38547ea6bbf 100644
--- a/src/xselect.c
+++ b/src/xselect.c
@@ -2324,7 +2324,7 @@ DEFUN ("x-get-cut-buffer-internal", Fx_get_cut_buffer_internal,
                     Fcons (x_atom_to_symbol (display, type),
                            Fcons (make_number (format), Qnil))));
 
-  ret = (bytes ? make_string ((char *) data, bytes) : Qnil);
+  ret = (bytes ? make_unibyte_string ((char *) data, bytes) : Qnil);
   /* Use xfree, not XFree, because x_get_window_property
      calls xmalloc itself.  */
   xfree (data);