diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 242a1f8..c9c179a 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -10500,6 +10500,7 @@
     typval_T    *rettv UNUSED;
 {
     int		remap = TRUE;
+    int		insert = FALSE;
     char_u	*keys, *flags;
     char_u	nbuf[NUMBUFLEN];
     int		typed = FALSE;
@@ -10524,6 +10525,7 @@
 		    case 'n': remap = FALSE; break;
 		    case 'm': remap = TRUE; break;
 		    case 't': typed = TRUE; break;
+		    case 'i': insert = TRUE; break;
 		}
 	    }
 	}
@@ -10534,7 +10536,7 @@
 	if (keys_esc != NULL)
 	{
 	    ins_typebuf(keys_esc, (remap ? REMAP_YES : REMAP_NONE),
-					       typebuf.tb_len, !typed, FALSE);
+				  insert ? 0 : typebuf.tb_len, !typed, FALSE);
 	    vim_free(keys_esc);
 	    if (vgetc_busy)
 		typebuf_was_filled = TRUE;