diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevim_test.cpp b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevim_test.cpp
index 5173884857f..0aad5370fb7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevim_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevim_test.cpp
@@ -1339,6 +1339,15 @@ void FakeVimPlugin::test_vim_block_selection()
     KEYS("u", "\"" X "abc\"\"def\"");
     KEYS("<c-r>", "\"" X "\"\"def\"");
 
+    /* QTCREATORBUG-12128 */
+    data.setText("abc \"def\" ghi \"jkl\" mno");
+    KEYS("di\"", "abc \"" X "\" ghi \"jkl\" mno");
+    KEYS("u", "abc \"" X "def\" ghi \"jkl\" mno");
+    KEYS("3l" "di\"", "abc \"" X "\" ghi \"jkl\" mno");
+    KEYS("di\"", "abc \"" X "\" ghi \"jkl\" mno");
+    KEYS("tj" "di\"", "abc \"\" ghi \"" X "\" mno");
+    KEYS("l" "di\"", "abc \"\" ghi \"\"" X " mno");
+
     NOT_IMPLEMENTED
     // quoted string with escaped character
     data.setText("\"abc\"");
diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
index aebf366fe1b..fd91f273aa0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
@@ -8229,7 +8229,7 @@ bool FakeVimHandler::Private::selectQuotedStringTextObject(bool inner,
     QTextCursor tc2(document());
     while (tc2 <= tc) {
         tc1 = document()->find(quote, tc2);
-        if (tc1.isNull() || tc1.anchor() > tc.position())
+        if (tc1.isNull())
             return false;
         tc2 = document()->find(quote, tc1);
         if (tc2.isNull())