diff --git a/src/console_gui.cpp b/src/console_gui.cpp
index 71d88420f5..047f8a1780 100644
--- a/src/console_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/console_gui.cpp
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ struct IConsoleWindow : Window
 		int delta = std::min<int>(this->width - this->line_offset - _iconsole_cmdline.pixels - ICON_RIGHT_BORDERWIDTH, 0);
 
 		Point p1 = GetCharPosInString(_iconsole_cmdline.buf, from, FS_NORMAL);
-		Point p2 = from != to ? GetCharPosInString(_iconsole_cmdline.buf, from) : p1;
+		Point p2 = from != to ? GetCharPosInString(_iconsole_cmdline.buf, to, FS_NORMAL) : p1;
 
 		Rect r = {this->line_offset + delta + p1.x, this->height - this->line_height, this->line_offset + delta + p2.x, this->height};
 		return r;