diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index 66f10da9a..be0bc9cd8 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -2181,6 +2181,7 @@ GLFWAPI void glfwCocoaRequestRenderFrame(GLFWwindow *w, GLFWcocoarenderframefun
 
 GLFWAPI void glfwGetCocoaKeyEquivalent(int glfw_key, int glfw_mods, char cocoa_key[32], int *cocoa_mods) {
     *cocoa_mods = 0;
+    memset(cocoa_key, 0, sizeof(cocoa_key));
 
     if (glfw_mods & GLFW_MOD_SHIFT)
         *cocoa_mods |= NSEventModifierFlagShift;
diff --git a/glfw/glfw.py b/glfw/glfw.py
index 1caa2536f..6e19ceb81 100755
--- a/glfw/glfw.py
+++ b/glfw/glfw.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def generate_wrappers(glfw_header):
     GLFWcocoatogglefullscreenfun glfwSetCocoaToggleFullscreenIntercept(GLFWwindow *window, GLFWcocoatogglefullscreenfun callback)
     GLFWapplicationshouldhandlereopenfun glfwSetApplicationShouldHandleReopen(GLFWapplicationshouldhandlereopenfun callback)
     GLFWapplicationwillfinishlaunchingfun glfwSetApplicationWillFinishLaunching(GLFWapplicationwillfinishlaunchingfun callback)
-    void glfwGetCocoaKeyEquivalent(int glfw_key, int glfw_mods, char cocoa_key[32], int* cocoa_mods)
+    void glfwGetCocoaKeyEquivalent(int glfw_key, int glfw_mods, char[32] cocoa_key, int* cocoa_mods)
     void glfwCocoaRequestRenderFrame(GLFWwindow *w, GLFWcocoarenderframefun callback)
     void* glfwGetX11Display(void)
     int32_t glfwGetX11Window(GLFWwindow* window)
diff --git a/kitty/cocoa_window.m b/kitty/cocoa_window.m
index 86713c501..ccf31b280 100644
--- a/kitty/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/kitty/cocoa_window.m
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ cocoa_set_new_window_trigger(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
     int mods, key;
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ii", &mods, &key)) return NULL;
     int nwm;
-    memset(new_window_key, 0, sizeof(new_window_key));
     get_cocoa_key_equivalent(key, mods, new_window_key, &nwm);
     new_window_mods = nwm;
     if (new_window_key[0]) Py_RETURN_TRUE;
diff --git a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
index 6f72be442..1ed5d952b 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
+++ b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ typedef GLFWapplicationwillfinishlaunchingfun (*glfwSetApplicationWillFinishLaun
 glfwSetApplicationWillFinishLaunching_func glfwSetApplicationWillFinishLaunching_impl;
 #define glfwSetApplicationWillFinishLaunching glfwSetApplicationWillFinishLaunching_impl
 
-typedef void (*glfwGetCocoaKeyEquivalent_func)(int, int, char, int*);
+typedef void (*glfwGetCocoaKeyEquivalent_func)(int, int, char[32], int*);
 glfwGetCocoaKeyEquivalent_func glfwGetCocoaKeyEquivalent_impl;
 #define glfwGetCocoaKeyEquivalent glfwGetCocoaKeyEquivalent_impl