diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.cpp
index 8c1b729d8f..f3e225d025 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.cpp
@@ -754,6 +754,9 @@ TextPosition TextDocument::first_word_break_before(TextPosition const& position,
 
     target.set_column(target.column() - modifier);
 
+    if (target.column() == 0)
+        return target;
+
     while (target.column() < line.length()) {
         if (auto index = Unicode::previous_word_segmentation_boundary(line.view(), target.column()); index.has_value()) {
             auto view_between_target_and_index = line.view().substring_view(*index, target.column() - *index);