diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs
index 7c825118f1b9a1e73e6e7a543e68b62d031a840b..a38068eb899b9182b0df2aea72e953e135084d86 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs
@@ -476,6 +476,42 @@ fn test_canceling_pending_selection(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     });
 }
 
+#[gpui::test]
+fn test_movement_actions_with_pending_selection(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    init_test(cx, |_| {});
+
+    let view = cx.add_window(|cx| {
+        let buffer = MultiBuffer::build_simple("aaaaaa\nbbbbbb\ncccccc\ndddddd\n", cx);
+        build_editor(buffer, cx)
+    });
+
+    _ = view.update(cx, |view, cx| {
+        view.begin_selection(DisplayPoint::new(DisplayRow(2), 2), false, 1, cx);
+        assert_eq!(
+            view.selections.display_ranges(cx),
+            [DisplayPoint::new(DisplayRow(2), 2)..DisplayPoint::new(DisplayRow(2), 2)]
+        );
+
+        view.move_down(&Default::default(), cx);
+        assert_eq!(
+            view.selections.display_ranges(cx),
+            [DisplayPoint::new(DisplayRow(3), 2)..DisplayPoint::new(DisplayRow(3), 2)]
+        );
+
+        view.begin_selection(DisplayPoint::new(DisplayRow(2), 2), false, 1, cx);
+        assert_eq!(
+            view.selections.display_ranges(cx),
+            [DisplayPoint::new(DisplayRow(2), 2)..DisplayPoint::new(DisplayRow(2), 2)]
+        );
+
+        view.move_up(&Default::default(), cx);
+        assert_eq!(
+            view.selections.display_ranges(cx),
+            [DisplayPoint::new(DisplayRow(1), 2)..DisplayPoint::new(DisplayRow(1), 2)]
+        );
+    });
+}
+
 #[gpui::test]
 fn test_clone(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     init_test(cx, |_| {});
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/selections_collection.rs b/crates/editor/src/selections_collection.rs
index 70af8b9489385519a18de24904020b8f05560916..7a448f0b6cc5feb0ad244f037e601ed2c37a3e98 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/selections_collection.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/selections_collection.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,10 @@ impl SelectionsCollection {
     }
 
     pub fn first_anchor(&self) -> Selection<Anchor> {
-        self.disjoint[0].clone()
+        self.pending
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|pending| pending.selection.clone())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| self.disjoint.first().cloned().unwrap())
     }
 
     pub fn first<D: TextDimension + Ord + Sub<D, Output = D>>(