diff --git a/src/chars.c b/src/chars.c
index c8d1a957..619b7fd9 100644
--- a/src/chars.c
+++ b/src/chars.c
@@ -197,20 +197,20 @@ int mbwidth(const char *c)
 		return 1;
 }
 
-/* Convert the Unicode value in code to a multibyte character, if possible.
+/* Convert the given Unicode value to a multibyte character, if possible.
  * If the conversion succeeds, return the (dynamically allocated) multibyte
  * character and its length.  Otherwise, return a length of zero. */
 char *make_mbchar(long code, int *length)
 {
 	char *mb_char = charalloc(MAXCHARLEN);
 
-		*length = wctomb(mb_char, (wchar_t)code);
+	*length = wctomb(mb_char, (wchar_t)code);
 
-		/* Reject invalid Unicode characters. */
-		if (*length < 0 || !is_valid_unicode((wchar_t)code)) {
-			IGNORE_CALL_RESULT(wctomb(NULL, 0));
-			*length = 0;
-		}
+	/* Reject invalid Unicode characters. */
+	if (*length < 0 || !is_valid_unicode((wchar_t)code)) {
+		IGNORE_CALL_RESULT(wctomb(NULL, 0));
+		*length = 0;
+	}
 
 	return mb_char;
 }