diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index c54f674a5..37cc9282e 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
@@ -1910,7 +1910,6 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSTextInputClient {
     /// 1. Prevents an audible NSBeep for unimplemented actions.
     /// 2. Allows us to properly encode super+key input events that we don't handle
     override func doCommand(by selector: Selector) {
-		guard let surfaceModel else { return }
         // If we are being processed by performKeyEquivalent with a command binding,
         // we send it back through the event system so it can be encoded.
         if let lastPerformKeyEvent,
@@ -1921,6 +1920,7 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSTextInputClient {
             return
         }
 
+		guard let surfaceModel else { return }
         // Process MacOS native scroll events
         switch selector {
         case #selector(moveToBeginningOfDocument(_:)):