diff --git a/crates/rope/src/chunk.rs b/crates/rope/src/chunk.rs
index 96d0e60877731bc104595cfb38400face4866e39..69553eafb1b852960fa794d1b00ab28eba14888a 100644
--- a/crates/rope/src/chunk.rs
+++ b/crates/rope/src/chunk.rs
@@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ fn log_err_char_boundary(text: &str, offset: usize) {
             text,
             text.len()
         );
+        return;
     }
     // find the character
     let char_start = text.floor_char_boundary(offset);