diff --git a/src/ex_getln.c b/src/ex_getln.c
index e006631..35b131d 100644
--- a/src/ex_getln.c
+++ b/src/ex_getln.c
@@ -2363,7 +2363,7 @@
 {
     if ((State & CMDLINE)
 	    && xic != NULL
-	    && im_get_status()
+	    /* && im_get_status()  doesn't work when using SCIM */
 	    && !p_imdisable
 	    && im_is_preediting())
     {