diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
index 08c05687845..ef9ef67b5cf 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
@@ -5475,7 +5475,7 @@ int TextEdit::_is_line_in_region(int p_line) {
 	// If not find the closest line we have.
 	int previous_line = p_line - 1;
 	for (; previous_line > -1; previous_line--) {
-		if (color_region_cache.has(p_line)) {
+		if (color_region_cache.has(previous_line)) {
 			break;
 		}
 	}