diff --git a/src/selectors.cc b/src/selectors.cc
index c6bb1901..9649c6c1 100644
--- a/src/selectors.cc
+++ b/src/selectors.cc
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ select_argument(const Context& context, const Selection& selection,
         skip_while_reverse(end, begin, is_blank);
     }
     // get starting delimiter for non inner last arg
-    else if (not first_arg and last_arg)
+    else if (not first_arg and last_arg and begin != buffer.begin())
         --begin;
 
     if (end == buffer.end())