diff --git a/WINGs/wtextfield.c b/WINGs/wtextfield.c
index 4f98864a..1d22d6d5 100644
--- a/WINGs/wtextfield.c
+++ b/WINGs/wtextfield.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ paintTextField(TextField *tPtr)
 
             WMDrawImageString(screen, drawbuffer, screen->textFieldGC,
                     tPtr->font, rx, ty, &(text[count]),
-                    abs(tPtr->selection.count));
+                    count2);
 
             XSetBackground(screen->display, screen->textFieldGC,
                     screen->white->color.pixel);