1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 295bf1be5f6..00447cdb48d 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -13478,7 +13478,8 @@ display_mode_element (it, depth, field_width, precision, elt)
                     int bytepos = last - lisp_string;
                     int charpos = string_byte_to_char (elt, bytepos);
                     n += display_string (NULL, elt, Qnil, 0, charpos,
-                                         it, 0, prec, 0, -1);
+                                         it, 0, prec, 0,
+                                         STRING_MULTIBYTE (elt));
                   }
               }
             else /* c == '%' */