diff --git a/src/selectors.cc b/src/selectors.cc
index 92db5bdc..a6438040 100644
--- a/src/selectors.cc
+++ b/src/selectors.cc
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ select_sentence(const Context& context, const Selection& selection,
             char prev = *(first-1);
             if (not is_horizontal_blank(cur))
                 saw_non_blank = true;
-            if (is_eol(prev) and is_eol(cur))
+            if (is_eol(prev) and is_eol(cur) and first + 1 != buffer.end())
             {
                 ++first;
                 break;
diff --git a/test/regression/3472-crash-on-to-sentence-start/cmd b/test/regression/3472-crash-on-to-sentence-start/cmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2903486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/3472-crash-on-to-sentence-start/cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+j[s
diff --git a/test/regression/3472-crash-on-to-sentence-start/in b/test/regression/3472-crash-on-to-sentence-start/in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..442406aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/3472-crash-on-to-sentence-start/in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+a
+
diff --git a/test/regression/3472-crash-on-to-sentence-start/kak_selection_desc b/test/regression/3472-crash-on-to-sentence-start/kak_selection_desc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac6a6d5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/3472-crash-on-to-sentence-start/kak_selection_desc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.1,1.1