diff --git a/crates/editor/src/element.rs b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
index 69ee6a74eaa7efa5e9804145e81129826228ef3d..537ab003531c162390361edbe64c8181e1b33bec 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/element.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ impl EditorElement {
         scroll_pixel_position: gpui::Point<Pixels>,
         line_height: Pixels,
         em_width: Pixels,
+        em_advance: Pixels,
         autoscroll_containing_element: bool,
         cx: &mut WindowContext,
     ) -> Vec<CursorLayout> {
@@ -1058,7 +1059,7 @@ impl EditorElement {
                     let mut block_width =
                         cursor_row_layout.x_for_index(cursor_column + 1) - cursor_character_x;
                     if block_width == Pixels::ZERO {
-                        block_width = em_width;
+                        block_width = em_advance;
                     }
                     let block_text = if let CursorShape::Block = selection.cursor_shape {
                         snapshot
@@ -6246,6 +6247,7 @@ impl Element for EditorElement {
                         scroll_pixel_position,
                         line_height,
                         em_width,
+                        em_advance,
                         autoscroll_containing_element,
                         cx,
                     );