diff --git a/src/MacVim/MMTextViewHelper.m b/src/MacVim/MMTextViewHelper.m
index 0f8a32398e..c13df9690f 100644
--- a/src/MacVim/MMTextViewHelper.m
+++ b/src/MacVim/MMTextViewHelper.m
@@ -294,7 +294,9 @@ KeyboardInputSourcesEqual(TISInputSourceRef a, TISInputSourceRef b)
 
     // HACK! Pass the event on or it may disappear (Tiger does not pass Cmd-key
     // events to keyDown:).
-    [self keyDown:event];
+    if ([event type] == NSKeyDown)
+        [self keyDown:event];
+
     return YES;
 }