diff --git a/accessible/base/nsAccessiblePivot.cpp b/accessible/base/nsAccessiblePivot.cpp
index 27d42033210..dac1e9bc86d 100644
--- a/accessible/base/nsAccessiblePivot.cpp
+++ b/accessible/base/nsAccessiblePivot.cpp
@@ -677,6 +677,13 @@ nsAccessiblePivot::AdjustStartPosition(Accessible* aAccessible,
     }
   }
 
+  if (aAccessible == mPosition && mStartOffset != -1 && mEndOffset != -1) {
+    HyperTextAccessible* text = aAccessible->AsHyperText();
+    if (text) {
+      matched = text->GetChildAtOffset(mStartOffset);
+    }
+  }
+
   return matched;
 }
 
diff --git a/accessible/tests/mochitest/jsat/test_content_text.html b/accessible/tests/mochitest/jsat/test_content_text.html
index ee85a9cb5ff..5b6e1705fb1 100644
--- a/accessible/tests/mochitest/jsat/test_content_text.html
+++ b/accessible/tests/mochitest/jsat/test_content_text.html
@@ -112,16 +112,6 @@
               toIndex: 5
             }]
           }],
-          // XXX: Bug 980510: doing next after text traversal should
-          // bring us to the next paragraph.
-          [ContentMessages.simpleMoveNext, {
-            speak: 'You\'re a good guy, mon frere. ' +
-              'That means brother in French. ' +
-              'I don\'t know how I know that. ' +
-              'I took four years of Spanish.',
-            speak_checkFunc: 'todo_is' // Bug 980510
-          }],
-          // XXX: extra move op here because of bug 980510.
           [ContentMessages.simpleMoveNext, {
             speak: 'You\'re a good guy, mon frere. ' +
               'That means brother in French. ' +