diff --git a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
index 8e6a49e05f..7f527da53e 100644
--- a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
@@ -1776,6 +1776,7 @@ void wxTextCtrl::OnChar(wxKeyEvent& event)
                 // Insert tab since calling the default Windows handler
                 // doesn't seem to do it
                 WriteText(wxT("\t"));
+                return;
             }
             break;
     }