diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/txtrange.c b/dlls/mshtml/txtrange.c
index 3f383d1..f03170d 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/txtrange.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/txtrange.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static long move_next_chars(long cnt, const dompos_t *pos, BOOL col, const dompo
             break;
 
         ret++;
-        if(bound_pos && dompos_cmp(&tmp, bound_pos)) {
+        if(bounded && bound_pos && dompos_cmp(&tmp, bound_pos)) {
             *bounded = TRUE;
             ret++;
         }