diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
index 7f7e798c13844f0a8c8e2630057566c9ed5a66cf..d9a0a53c842d2f35632a069591d148bfc843c2d9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
@@ -677,12 +677,7 @@ static void k_deadunicode(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int value, char up_flag)
 
 static void k_self(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char value, char up_flag)
 {
-	unsigned int uni;
-	if (kbd->kbdmode == VC_UNICODE)
-		uni = value;
-	else
-		uni = conv_8bit_to_uni(value);
-	k_unicode(vc, uni, up_flag);
+	k_unicode(vc, conv_8bit_to_uni(value), up_flag);
 }
 
 static void k_dead2(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char value, char up_flag)