diff --git a/src/SelectionManager.ts b/src/SelectionManager.ts
index 3086fd41..3fcc600a 100644
--- a/src/SelectionManager.ts
+++ b/src/SelectionManager.ts
@@ -856,13 +856,16 @@ export class SelectionManager extends EventEmitter implements ISelectionManager
         endRow--;
       }
 
-      // Adjust wrapped length value
-      while (wordPosition.start + wordPosition.length > this._terminal.cols) {
-        wordPosition.length -= this._terminal.cols;
-        endRow++;
+      // Adjust wrapped length value, this only needs to happen when values are reversed as in that
+      // case we're interested in the start of the word, not the end
+      if (!this._model.areSelectionValuesReversed()) {
+        while (wordPosition.start + wordPosition.length > this._terminal.cols) {
+          wordPosition.length -= this._terminal.cols;
+          endRow++;
+        }
       }
 
-      this._model.selectionEnd = [this._model.areSelectionValuesReversed() ? wordPosition.start : (wordPosition.start + wordPosition.length), endRow];
+      this._model.selectionEnd = [this._model.areSelectionValuesReversed() ? wordPosition.start : wordPosition.start + wordPosition.length, endRow];
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/SelectionModel.ts b/src/SelectionModel.ts
index a92ba933..b8e770b7 100644
--- a/src/SelectionModel.ts
+++ b/src/SelectionModel.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class SelectionModel {
     }
 
     // Use the selection start if the end doesn't exist or they're reversed
-    if (!this.selectionEnd) {
+    if (!this.selectionEnd || this.areSelectionValuesReversed()) {
       const startPlusLength = this.selectionStart[0] + this.selectionStartLength;
       if (startPlusLength > this._terminal.cols) {
         return [startPlusLength % this._terminal.cols, this.selectionStart[1] + Math.floor(startPlusLength / this._terminal.cols)];