1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/event/DeadKeyCombiner.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/event/DeadKeyCombiner.java
index bef4d8594..342f499c9 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/event/DeadKeyCombiner.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/event/DeadKeyCombiner.java
@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@ public class DeadKeyCombiner implements Combiner {
 
     @Override
     public Event processEvent(final ArrayList<Event> previousEvents, final Event event) {
-        if (null == event) return null; // Just in case some combiner is broken
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(mDeadSequence)) {
             if (event.isDead()) {
                 mDeadSequence.appendCodePoint(event.mCodePoint);
             }
-            return event;
+            return Event.createConsumedEvent(event);
         } else {
             // TODO: Allow combining for several dead chars rather than only the first one.
             // The framework doesn't know how to do this now.