diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 13081617835..e8bf5277e0e 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-12-12  Kenichi Handa  <handa@m17n.org>
+
+	* term.c (encode_terminal_code): Fix previous change.
+
 2004-12-11  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
 	* keyboard.c (handle_async_input): Remove pthread mutex handling.
diff --git a/src/term.c b/src/term.c
index c40197337d8..4164a3bc0d3 100644
--- a/src/term.c
+++ b/src/term.c
@@ -819,11 +819,11 @@ encode_terminal_code (src, src_len, coding)
   required = MAX_MULTIBYTE_LENGTH * src_len;
   if (encode_terminal_bufsize < required)
     {
-      encode_terminal_bufsize = required;
       if (encode_terminal_bufsize == 0)
 	encode_terminal_buf = xmalloc (required);
       else
 	encode_terminal_buf = xrealloc (encode_terminal_buf, required);
+      encode_terminal_bufsize = required;
     }
 
   buf = encode_terminal_buf;