diff --git a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
index 2b4430ecb90ebaa286b0ad9629cde595ba8c4a82..286095c6a3e0793eae4764a8308bdbd481e8c43c 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
@@ -3812,6 +3812,8 @@ MsgRouting AwtComponent::WmChar(UINT character, UINT repCnt, UINT flags,
 MsgRouting AwtComponent::WmForwardChar(WCHAR character, LPARAM lParam,
                                        BOOL synthetic)
 {
+    deadKeyActive = FALSE;
+
     // just post WM_CHAR with unicode key value
     DefWindowProc(WM_CHAR, (WPARAM)character, lParam);
     return mrConsume;