diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_entry.c b/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_entry.c
index 252fefbb5d..0fd25016e6 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_entry.c
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_entry.c
@@ -2437,16 +2437,21 @@ _edje_entry_cursor_content_get(Edje_Real_Part *rp, Edje_Cursor cur)
    Evas_Textblock_Cursor *c = _cursor_get(rp, cur);
    const char *s;
    static char buf[16];
-   int pos, pos2, ch;
+   int pos, pos2, i;
    if (!c) return NULL;
    s = evas_textblock_node_format_text_get(evas_textblock_cursor_format_get(c));
    if (s) return s;
    s = evas_textblock_cursor_paragraph_text_get(c);
    if (!s) return NULL;
    pos = evas_textblock_cursor_pos_get(c);
-   pos2 = evas_string_char_next_get(s, pos, &ch);
-   strncpy(buf, s + pos, pos2 - pos);
-   buf[pos2 - pos] = 0;
+   /* Get the actual utf8 pos */
+   for (i = 0 ; pos > 0 ; pos--)
+     {
+        i = evas_string_char_next_get(s, i, NULL);
+     }
+   pos2 = evas_string_char_next_get(s, i, NULL);
+   strncpy(buf, s + i, pos2 - i);
+   buf[pos2 - i] = 0;
    return buf;
 }