diff --git a/src/nsterm.m b/src/nsterm.m
index b56c587bc69..b883e605a5b 100644
--- a/src/nsterm.m
+++ b/src/nsterm.m
@@ -7064,7 +7064,7 @@ - (void) setMarkedText: (id) string
 - (NSRect) firstRectForCharacterRange: (NSRange) range
 			  actualRange: (nullable NSRangePointer) actualRange
 {
-  return NSZeroRect;
+  return [self firstRectForCharacterRange: range];
 }
 
 #endif /* NS_IMPL_COCOA */