diff --git a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
index 3beeae7206..a69a454363 100644
--- a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
@@ -2524,7 +2524,7 @@ bool wxTextCtrl::GetStyle(long position, wxTextAttr& style)
 
     if ( changeSel )
     {
-        DoSetSelection(position, position, false /* don't scroll caret into view */);
+        DoSetSelection(position, position+1, false /* don't scroll caret into view */);
     }
 
     // get the selection formatting