diff --git a/crates/language/src/buffer.rs b/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
index 99eae4c2028a9bd3aa82a4facb9e2099e8b5dea4..2610447c92107c34bca52fa004600a9fe10ab6d4 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
@@ -3756,11 +3756,9 @@ impl BufferSnapshot {
         theme: Option<&SyntaxTheme>,
     ) -> Vec<OutlineItem<Anchor>> {
         let position = position.to_offset(self);
-        let mut items = self.outline_items_containing(
-            position.saturating_sub(1)..self.len().min(position + 1),
-            false,
-            theme,
-        );
+        let start = self.clip_offset(position.saturating_sub(1), Bias::Left);
+        let end = self.clip_offset(position + 1, Bias::Right);
+        let mut items = self.outline_items_containing(start..end, false, theme);
         let mut prev_depth = None;
         items.retain(|item| {
             let result = prev_depth.is_none_or(|prev_depth| item.depth > prev_depth);
diff --git a/crates/language/src/buffer_tests.rs b/crates/language/src/buffer_tests.rs
index a60399538e840d18d42d3ed2b6d6f62927d4e046..b416099e3cd6f887e16f688594c41273be5cd582 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/buffer_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/buffer_tests.rs
@@ -1052,6 +1052,21 @@ async fn test_symbols_containing(cx: &mut gpui::TestAppContext) {
             })
             .collect()
     }
+
+    let (text, offsets) = marked_text_offsets(
+        &"
+        // ˇ😅 //
+        fn test() {
+        }
+    "
+        .unindent(),
+    );
+    let buffer = cx.new(|cx| Buffer::local(text, cx).with_language(Arc::new(rust_lang()), cx));
+    let snapshot = buffer.update(cx, |buffer, _| buffer.snapshot());
+
+    // note, it would be nice to actually return the method test in this
+    // case, but primarily asserting we don't crash because of the multibyte character.
+    assert_eq!(snapshot.symbols_containing(offsets[0], None), vec![]);
 }
 
 #[gpui::test]
diff --git a/crates/multi_buffer/src/multi_buffer.rs b/crates/multi_buffer/src/multi_buffer.rs
index 8dd75a4c8b02c5e09f9c8df4221944755c4ed672..d5f22019235f74e32d839123cf5f8e8a3cae87d1 100644
--- a/crates/multi_buffer/src/multi_buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/multi_buffer/src/multi_buffer.rs
@@ -6156,8 +6156,9 @@ impl MultiBufferSnapshot {
         let anchor = self.anchor_before(offset);
         let excerpt_id = anchor.excerpt_id;
         let excerpt = self.excerpt(excerpt_id)?;
+        let buffer_id = excerpt.buffer_id;
         Some((
-            excerpt.buffer_id,
+            buffer_id,
             excerpt
                 .buffer
                 .symbols_containing(anchor.text_anchor, theme)
@@ -6165,22 +6166,15 @@ impl MultiBufferSnapshot {
                 .flat_map(|item| {
                     Some(OutlineItem {
                         depth: item.depth,
-                        range: self.anchor_in_excerpt(excerpt_id, item.range.start)?
-                            ..self.anchor_in_excerpt(excerpt_id, item.range.end)?,
+                        range: Anchor::range_in_buffer(excerpt_id, buffer_id, item.range),
                         text: item.text,
                         highlight_ranges: item.highlight_ranges,
                         name_ranges: item.name_ranges,
-                        body_range: item.body_range.and_then(|body_range| {
-                            Some(
-                                self.anchor_in_excerpt(excerpt_id, body_range.start)?
-                                    ..self.anchor_in_excerpt(excerpt_id, body_range.end)?,
-                            )
+                        body_range: item.body_range.map(|body_range| {
+                            Anchor::range_in_buffer(excerpt_id, buffer_id, body_range)
                         }),
-                        annotation_range: item.annotation_range.and_then(|body_range| {
-                            Some(
-                                self.anchor_in_excerpt(excerpt_id, body_range.start)?
-                                    ..self.anchor_in_excerpt(excerpt_id, body_range.end)?,
-                            )
+                        annotation_range: item.annotation_range.map(|body_range| {
+                            Anchor::range_in_buffer(excerpt_id, buffer_id, body_range)
                         }),
                     })
                 })