diff --git a/lib/reline/key_stroke.rb b/lib/reline/key_stroke.rb
index 16e5f69914..c1c61513a9 100644
--- a/lib/reline/key_stroke.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/key_stroke.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Reline::KeyStroke
   end
 
   def compress_meta_key(ary)
+    return ary unless @config.convert_meta
     ary.inject([]) { |result, key|
       if result.size > 0 and result.last == "\e".ord
         result[result.size - 1] = Reline::Key.new(key, key | 0b10000000, true)
diff --git a/test/reline/yamatanooroti/test_rendering.rb b/test/reline/yamatanooroti/test_rendering.rb
index f68b614327..7ac426cfb4 100644
--- a/test/reline/yamatanooroti/test_rendering.rb
+++ b/test/reline/yamatanooroti/test_rendering.rb
@@ -739,6 +739,16 @@ begin
       EOC
     end
 
+    def test_not_meta_key
+      start_terminal(5, 30, %W{ruby -I#{@pwd}/lib #{@pwd}/test/reline/yamatanooroti/multiline_repl}, startup_message: 'Multiline REPL.')
+      write("おだんご") # "だ" in UTF-8 contains "\xA0"
+      close
+      assert_screen(<<~EOC)
+        Multiline REPL.
+        prompt> おだんご
+      EOC
+    end
+
     def test_force_enter
       start_terminal(30, 120, %W{ruby -I#{@pwd}/lib #{@pwd}/test/reline/yamatanooroti/multiline_repl}, startup_message: 'Multiline REPL.')
       write("def hoge\nend\C-p\C-e")