diff -r e64c97268f1a st.c
--- a/st.c	Thu Jun 09 18:25:56 2011 +0200
+++ b/st.c	Thu Aug 04 19:44:02 2011 +0300
@@ -523,8 +523,7 @@
 	xev.selection = xsre->selection;
 	xev.target = xsre->target;
 	xev.time = xsre->time;
-	/* reject */
-	xev.property = None;
+	xev.property = xsre->property;
 
 	xa_targets = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "TARGETS", 0);
 	if(xsre->target == xa_targets) {
@@ -533,13 +532,12 @@
 		XChangeProperty(xsre->display, xsre->requestor, xsre->property,
 				XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace,
 				(unsigned char *) &string, 1);
-		xev.property = xsre->property;
-	} else if(xsre->target == sel.xtarget) {
+	} else if(xsre->target == sel.xtarget)
 		XChangeProperty(xsre->display, xsre->requestor, xsre->property,
 				xsre->target, 8, PropModeReplace,
 				(unsigned char *) sel.clip, strlen(sel.clip));
-		xev.property = xsre->property;
-	}
+	else
+		xev.property = None; /* reject */
 
 	/* all done, send a notification to the listener */
 	if(!XSendEvent(xsre->display, xsre->requestor, True, 0, (XEvent *) &xev))