diff --git a/clients/terminal.c b/clients/terminal.c
index 6257cb7d..c8ea239f 100644
--- a/clients/terminal.c
+++ b/clients/terminal.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ init_state_machine(struct utf8_state_machine *machine)
 	machine->state = utf8state_start;
 	machine->len = 0;
 	machine->s.ch = 0;
+	machine->unicode = 0;
 }
 
 static enum utf8_state