diff --git a/tty-keys.c b/tty-keys.c
index 8c77d031..8d703fc0 100644
--- a/tty-keys.c
+++ b/tty-keys.c
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ tty_keys_extended_key(struct tty *tty, const char *buf, size_t len,
 		nkey = number;
 
 	/* Convert UTF-32 codepoint into internal representation. */
-	if (nkey & ~0x7f) {
+	if (nkey != KEYC_BSPACE && nkey & ~0x7f) {
 		if (utf8_fromwc(nkey, &ud) == UTF8_DONE &&
 		    utf8_from_data(&ud, &uc) == UTF8_DONE)
 			nkey = uc;