diff --git a/uniseg/graphemes.scm b/uniseg/graphemes.scm
index 99e8623..c89b259 100644
--- a/uniseg/graphemes.scm
+++ b/uniseg/graphemes.scm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
    modification?
    state
    glyphs-reverse
-   (delay (reverse (glyphs-reverse)))
+   (delay (reverse glyphs-reverse))
    (delay (reverse-list->string glyphs-reverse))))
 
 (define (grapheme-glyphs grapheme)