diff --git a/masonry/src/widget/text_area.rs b/masonry/src/widget/text_area.rs
index 138964da3..9e43710c6 100644
--- a/masonry/src/widget/text_area.rs
+++ b/masonry/src/widget/text_area.rs
@@ -366,9 +366,7 @@ impl<const EDITABLE: bool> TextArea<EDITABLE> {
         // preedit will show up again when the platform updates it.
         if this.widget.editor.is_composing() {
             let (fctx, lctx) = this.ctx.text_contexts();
-            this.widget
-                .editor
-                .transact(fctx, lctx, |txn| txn.clear_compose());
+            this.widget.editor.driver(fctx, lctx).clear_compose();
         }
         this.widget.editor.set_text(new_text);