diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp
index 025b3206386..e7f41f0d129 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ void TextEditorOverlay::addOverlaySelection(int begin, int end,
     selection.m_fg = fg;
     selection.m_bg = bg;
 
-    selection.m_cursor_begin = QTextCursor(document->docHandle(), begin);
-    selection.m_cursor_end = QTextCursor(document->docHandle(), end);
+    selection.m_cursor_begin = QTextCursor(document);
+    selection.m_cursor_begin.setPos(begin);
+    selection.m_cursor_end = QTextCursor(document);
+    selection.m_cursor_end.setPos(end);
 
     if (overlaySelectionFlags & ExpandBegin)
         selection.m_cursor_begin.setKeepPositionOnInsert(true);