diff --git a/src/editor.cc b/src/editor.cc
index 4dc40440..1567608e 100644
--- a/src/editor.cc
+++ b/src/editor.cc
@@ -178,8 +178,10 @@ void Editor::move_selections(LineCount offset, SelectMode mode)
     for (auto& sel : m_selections)
     {
         BufferCoord pos = sel.last().coord();
+        CharCount column = utf8::distance(m_buffer->iterator_at_line_begin(pos.line), sel.last());
         pos.line += offset;
-        BufferIterator last = utf8::finish(m_buffer->iterator_at(pos, true));
+        BufferIterator last = utf8::advance(m_buffer->iterator_at_line_begin(pos.line),
+                                            m_buffer->iterator_at_line_end(pos.line), column);
         sel.first() = mode == SelectMode::Extend ? sel.first() : last;
         sel.last()  = last;
         sel.avoid_eol();