diff --git a/extensionBase.ts b/extensionBase.ts
index b577abdbbff..a8dd6534e42 100644
--- a/extensionBase.ts
+++ b/extensionBase.ts
@@ -405,7 +405,11 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext, handleLocal: bo
           mh.internalSelectionsTracker.stopIgnoringIntermediateSelections();
         }
         const text = compositionState.composingText;
-        await mh.handleMultipleKeyEvents(text.split(''));
+        if (compositionState.insertedText) {
+          await mh.handleMultipleKeyEvents([text]);
+        } else {
+          await mh.handleMultipleKeyEvents(text.split(''));
+        }
       }
       compositionState.reset();
     });