diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
index 71873da509..c9b53ade32 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
@@ -4735,7 +4735,7 @@ evas_textblock_cursor_paragraph_char_last(Evas_Textblock_Cursor *cur)
    if (!cur) return;
    if (!cur->node) return;
    index = eina_ustrbuf_length_get(cur->node->unicode) - 1;
-   if (index < 0) cur->pos = 0;
+   if (index < 0) index = 0;
    cur->pos = index;
 
 }