1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index f3ac113de4f..a35145cf381 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -13614,6 +13614,8 @@ display_mode_element (it, depth, field_width, precision, elt, props)
                                mode_line_proptrans_alist);
                   }
               }
+            this = XSTRING (elt)->data;
+            lisp_string = this;
           }
 
         if (literal)