diff --git a/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c b/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c
index 280df0340..4828a4cbd 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c
@@ -2224,6 +2224,11 @@ clutter_text_key_press (ClutterActor    *actor,
   pool = clutter_binding_pool_find (g_type_name (CLUTTER_TYPE_TEXT));
   g_assert (pool != NULL);
 
+  if (!(event->flags & CLUTTER_EVENT_FLAG_INPUT_METHOD) &&
+      clutter_input_focus_is_focused (priv->input_focus) &&
+      clutter_input_focus_filter_key_event (priv->input_focus, event))
+    return CLUTTER_EVENT_STOP;
+
   /* we allow passing synthetic events that only contain
    * the Unicode value and not the key symbol, unless they
    * contain the input method flag.
@@ -2247,10 +2252,6 @@ clutter_text_key_press (ClutterActor    *actor,
     {
       gunichar key_unichar;
 
-      if (clutter_input_focus_is_focused (priv->input_focus) &&
-          clutter_input_focus_filter_key_event (priv->input_focus, event))
-        return CLUTTER_EVENT_STOP;
-
       /* Skip keys when control is pressed */
       key_unichar = clutter_event_get_key_unicode ((ClutterEvent *) event);