diff --git a/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/controls/juce_TextEditor.cpp b/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/controls/juce_TextEditor.cpp
index 6f733f1a90..44e1f2f491 100644
--- a/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/controls/juce_TextEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/controls/juce_TextEditor.cpp
@@ -2387,7 +2387,7 @@ void TextEditor::getCharPosition (const int index, float& cx, float& cy, float&
 {
     const float wordWrapWidth = getWordWrapWidth();
 
-    if (wordWrapWidth > 0)
+    if (wordWrapWidth > 0 && sections.size() > 0)
     {
         TextEditorIterator i (sections, wordWrapWidth, passwordCharacter);