diff --git a/render/textinput.c b/render/textinput.c
index 71b4e53e0..5fa33c7cf 100644
--- a/render/textinput.c
+++ b/render/textinput.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ bool textinput_textarea_callback(struct browser_window *bw, uint32_t key,
 		bool success;
 
 		gui_get_clipboard(&buff, &buff_len);
-		if (utf8 == NULL)
+		if (buff == NULL)
 			return false;
 
 		success = browser_window_paste_text(bw, buff, buff_len, true);
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ bool textinput_input_callback(struct browser_window *bw, uint32_t key,
 		bool success;
 
 		gui_get_clipboard(&buff, &buff_len);
-		if (utf8 == NULL)
+		if (buff == NULL)
 			return false;
 
 		success = browser_window_paste_text(bw, buff, buff_len, true);