diff --git a/crates/rope/src/chunk.rs b/crates/rope/src/chunk.rs
index 69553eafb1b852960fa794d1b00ab28eba14888a..49bc88462171c271e8adbdeb7d0976e51e2514c7 100644
--- a/crates/rope/src/chunk.rs
+++ b/crates/rope/src/chunk.rs
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ fn panic_char_boundary(text: &str, offset: usize) -> ! {
 #[inline(never)]
 #[track_caller]
 fn log_err_char_boundary(text: &str, offset: usize) {
-    if offset > text.len() {
+    if offset >= text.len() {
         log::error!(
             "byte index {} is out of bounds of `{:?}` (length: {})",
             offset,