diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
index 4f1b4bcac..550ff181e 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ impl EditorView {
                             visual_x += width;
                         }
 
-                        char_index += 1;
+                        char_index += grapheme.chars().count();
                     }
                 }
             }