diff --git a/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel.rs b/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel.rs
index afb0d811fa378185f991ffbeb40a5d302ce565a6..3d10903eaa7881a75199eb6b1f981479659498f4 100644
--- a/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel.rs
+++ b/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel.rs
@@ -3040,7 +3040,7 @@ impl ProjectPanel {
 
                 new_path.push(RelPath::unix(&new_file_name).unwrap());
 
-                disambiguation_range = Some(file_name_len..(file_name_len + disambiguation_len));
+                disambiguation_range = Some(0..(file_name_len + disambiguation_len));
                 ix += 1;
             }
         }
diff --git a/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_tests.rs b/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_tests.rs
index 603cfd892a218d866383f485d058296ad179da05..a49b32a694620d4313d4496390d21d85839e4230 100644
--- a/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_tests.rs
@@ -1254,8 +1254,8 @@ async fn test_copy_paste(cx: &mut gpui::TestAppContext) {
             let file_name_selection = &file_name_selections[0];
             assert_eq!(
                 file_name_selection.start,
-                MultiBufferOffset("one".len()),
-                "Should select the file name disambiguation after the original file name"
+                MultiBufferOffset(0),
+                "Should select from the beginning of the filename"
             );
             assert_eq!(
                 file_name_selection.end,