diff --git a/src/getchar.c b/src/getchar.c
index b086126..a3af879 100644
--- a/src/getchar.c
+++ b/src/getchar.c
@@ -1525,6 +1525,38 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Convert "c" plus "mod_mask" to merge the effect of modifyOtherKeys into the
+ * character.
+ */
+    int
+merge_modifyOtherKeys(int c_arg)
+{
+    int c = c_arg;
+
+    if (mod_mask & MOD_MASK_CTRL)
+    {
+	if ((c >= '`' && c <= 0x7f) || (c >= '@' && c <= '_'))
+	{
+	    c &= 0x1f;
+	    mod_mask &= ~MOD_MASK_CTRL;
+	}
+	else if (c == '6')
+	{
+	    // CTRL-6 is equivalent to CTRL-^
+	    c = 0x1e;
+	    mod_mask &= ~MOD_MASK_CTRL;
+	}
+    }
+    if ((mod_mask & (MOD_MASK_META | MOD_MASK_ALT))
+	    && c >= 0 && c <= 127)
+    {
+	c += 0x80;
+	mod_mask &= ~(MOD_MASK_META|MOD_MASK_ALT);
+    }
+    return c;
+}
+
+/*
  * Get the next input character.
  * Can return a special key or a multi-byte character.
  * Can return NUL when called recursively, use safe_vgetc() if that's not
@@ -1765,30 +1797,9 @@
 	    }
 
 	    if (!no_reduce_keys)
-	    {
 		// A modifier was not used for a mapping, apply it to ASCII
 		// keys.  Shift would already have been applied.
-		if (mod_mask & MOD_MASK_CTRL)
-		{
-		    if ((c >= '`' && c <= 0x7f) || (c >= '@' && c <= '_'))
-		    {
-			c &= 0x1f;
-			mod_mask &= ~MOD_MASK_CTRL;
-		    }
-		    else if (c == '6')
-		    {
-			// CTRL-6 is equivalent to CTRL-^
-			c = 0x1e;
-			mod_mask &= ~MOD_MASK_CTRL;
-		    }
-		}
-		if ((mod_mask & (MOD_MASK_META | MOD_MASK_ALT))
-			&& c >= 0 && c <= 127)
-		{
-		    c += 0x80;
-		    mod_mask &= ~(MOD_MASK_META|MOD_MASK_ALT);
-		}
-	    }
+		c = merge_modifyOtherKeys(c);
 
 	    break;
 	}