diff --git a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
index 2ecc56c9cc..6164fe87c6 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
@@ -7015,7 +7015,10 @@ evas_textblock_cursor_word_start(Evas_Textblock_Cursor *cur)
         set_wordbreaks_utf32((const utf32_t *) text, len, lang, breaks);
      }
 
-   for (i = cur->pos; (BREAK_AFTER(i)) && (i >= 0); i--);
+   for (i = cur->pos; (BREAK_AFTER(i)); i--)
+     {
+        if (i == 0) break;
+     }
 
    for ( ; i > 0 ; i--)
      {