diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 76a217f67b6..1d6a55861c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -5015,6 +5015,8 @@ void BaseTextEditorWidget::_q_matchParentheses()
 
     QTextCursor backwardMatch = textCursor();
     QTextCursor forwardMatch = textCursor();
+    if (overwriteMode())
+        backwardMatch.movePosition(QTextCursor::Right);
     const TextBlockUserData::MatchType backwardMatchType = TextBlockUserData::matchCursorBackward(&backwardMatch);
     const TextBlockUserData::MatchType forwardMatchType = TextBlockUserData::matchCursorForward(&forwardMatch);