diff --git a/src/buffer.cc b/src/buffer.cc
index 07383257..06805e73 100644
--- a/src/buffer.cc
+++ b/src/buffer.cc
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ BufferCoord Buffer::do_insert(BufferCoord pos, StringView content)
 
 BufferCoord Buffer::do_erase(BufferCoord begin, BufferCoord end)
 {
+    if (begin == end)
+        return begin;
+
     kak_assert(is_valid(begin));
     kak_assert(is_valid(end));
     StringView prefix = m_lines[begin.line].substr(0, begin.column);
diff --git a/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/cmd b/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/cmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13e7564e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+o
diff --git a/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/in b/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ae40f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Comment
diff --git a/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/rc b/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3daaec2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source "%val{runtime}/colors/default.kak"
+source "%val{runtime}/rc/core/kakrc.kak"
+set buffer filetype kak
diff --git a/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/selections b/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/selections
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..139597f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/1308-wrong-behaviour-of-kak-indent-on-newline/selections
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+