diff --git a/lib/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp b/lib/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
index b42010bd..5cdd65ab 100644
--- a/lib/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
+++ b/lib/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
@@ -79,14 +79,11 @@ void PlainTextDecoder::decodeLine(const Character* const characters, int count,
         _linePositions << pos;
     }
 
-    // check the real length
-    for (int i = 0 ; i < count ; i++)
+    if (characters == nullptr)
     {
-        if (characters + i == nullptr)
-        {
-            count = i;
-            break;
-        }
+        // TODO: So far, this has happened only under kwin_wayland, when the current function
+        // is called by TerminalDisplay::inputMethodQuery(). The actual issue should be found.
+        return;
     }
 
     //TODO should we ignore or respect the LINE_WRAPPED line property?