diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
index 3d6ecb185f6..1a2243a92e7 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
@@ -1050,7 +1050,8 @@ fn events(
             }
 
             Event::CompositionEnd(prediction) => {
-                if prediction != "\n" && prediction != "\r" && state.has_ime {
+                // CompositionEnd only characters may be typed into TextEdit without trigger CompositionStart first, so do not check `state.has_ime = true` in the following statement.
+                if prediction != "\n" && prediction != "\r" {
                     state.has_ime = false;
                     let mut ccursor = delete_selected(text, &cursor_range);
                     if !prediction.is_empty() {