diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursor.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursor.ts
index 02670c2d352d7243ef8b25b26e401ac3886555bd..31ae0b2e02781de3a977af392aaa318e3c4e1d4b 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursor.ts
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ export class Cursor extends EventEmitter {
 			previousOp = operations[i - 1];
 			currentOp = operations[i];
 
-			if (previousOp.range.getStartPosition().isBeforeOrEqual(currentOp.range.getEndPosition())) {
+			if (previousOp.range.getStartPosition().isBefore(currentOp.range.getEndPosition())) {
 
 				if (previousOp.identifier.major > currentOp.identifier.major) {
 					// previousOp loses the battle