1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index afae7fd22af..df68ab80eff 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -4891,6 +4891,8 @@ get_next_display_element (it)
              translated to octal form.  */
           else if ((it->c < ' '
                     && (it->area != TEXT_AREA
+                        /* In mode line, treat \n, \t like other crl chars.  */
+                        || (it->glyph_row && it->glyph_row->mode_line_p)
                         || (it->c != '\n' && it->c != '\t')))
                    || (it->multibyte_p
                        ? ((it->c >= 127