--- rxvt-unicode/src/command.C	2014/04/29 07:50:53	1.546
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/command.C	2014/04/29 12:51:41	1.547
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@
       len++;
     }
 
+  if (HOOK_INVOKE ((this, HOOK_KEY_PRESS, DT_XEVENT, &ev, DT_INT, keysym, DT_STR_LEN, kbuf, len, DT_END)))
+    return;
+
   if (valid_keysym)
     {
 #ifdef KEYSYM_RESOURCE
@@ -873,9 +876,6 @@
 #endif
     }
 
-  if (HOOK_INVOKE ((this, HOOK_KEY_PRESS, DT_XEVENT, &ev, DT_INT, keysym, DT_STR_LEN, kbuf, len, DT_END)))
-    return;
-
   if (len <= 0)
     return;			/* not mapped */