diff --git a/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp b/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
index 42a7d30c28..7b1142a3ce 100644
--- a/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
@@ -1588,6 +1588,7 @@ void wxMacUnicodeTextControl::WriteText( const wxString& str )
         CFStringRef value = cf ;
         SetData<CFStringRef>( 0, kControlEditTextInsertCFStringRefTag, &value );
     }
+    else
 #endif
     {
         wxString val = GetStringValue() ;