diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
index f72869e15f20a3c076fc60242b66617b11be866a..bf6b1352b00625c76d15c61bdaad8579a4864118 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
@@ -4142,8 +4142,10 @@ impl Editor {
 
                         if buffer.contains_str_at(selection.start, &pair.end) {
                             let pair_start_len = pair.start.len();
-                            if buffer.contains_str_at(selection.start - pair_start_len, &pair.start)
-                            {
+                            if buffer.contains_str_at(
+                                selection.start.saturating_sub(pair_start_len),
+                                &pair.start,
+                            ) {
                                 selection.start -= pair_start_len;
                                 selection.end += pair.end.len();