diff --git a/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx b/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
index a5a636025..ff5261a2d 100644
--- a/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
+++ b/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
@@ -1167,6 +1167,10 @@ class HTML5Window
 		{
 			if (textInput != null)
 			{
+				// call blur() before removing the compositionend listener
+				// to ensure that incomplete IME input is committed
+				textInput.blur();
+
 				textInput.removeEventListener('input', handleInputEvent, true);
 				textInput.removeEventListener('blur', handleFocusEvent, true);
 				textInput.removeEventListener('cut', handleCutOrCopyEvent, true);
@@ -1175,7 +1179,6 @@ class HTML5Window
 				textInput.removeEventListener('compositionstart', handleCompositionstartEvent, true);
 				textInput.removeEventListener('compositionend', handleCompositionendEvent, true);
 
-				textInput.blur();
 			}
 		}