diff --git a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTView.m b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTView.m
index 36f7595..be70a1d 100644
--- a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTView.m
+++ b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTView.m
@@ -289,8 +289,10 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    // Allow TSM to look at the event and potentially send back NSTextInputClient messages.
-    [self interpretKeyEvents:[NSArray arrayWithObject:event]];
+    // Allow TSM to look at the event and potentially send back NSTextInputClient messages
+    if (fInputMethodLOCKABLE) {
+        [self interpretKeyEvents:[NSArray arrayWithObject:event]];
+    }
 
     if (fEnablePressAndHold && [event willBeHandledByComplexInputMethod] && fInputMethodLOCKABLE) {
         fProcessingKeystroke = NO;