diff --git a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/GenericStyledArea.java b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/GenericStyledArea.java
index 0b5c65646..9491f6903 100644
--- a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/GenericStyledArea.java
+++ b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/GenericStyledArea.java
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ public IndexRange getParagraphSelection(Selection selection, int paragraph) {
         int startPar = selection.getStartParagraphIndex();
         int endPar = selection.getEndParagraphIndex();
 
-        if(paragraph < startPar || paragraph > endPar) {
+        if(selection.getLength() == 0 || paragraph < startPar || paragraph > endPar) {
             return EMPTY_RANGE;
         }