diff --git a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
index d09f8bbc3..56c7eb73e 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
@@ -624,10 +624,8 @@ var kDelegateRespondsTo_textShouldBeginEditing
         if ([self _isFirstResponder])
             [self updateInsertionPointStateAndRestartTimer:((_selectionRange.length === 0) && ![_caret isBlinking])];
 
-        var peekLoc = CPMaxRange(range);
-
         if (doOverwrite)
-            [self setTypingAttributes:[_textStorage attributesAtIndex:peekLoc effectiveRange:nil]];
+            [self setTypingAttributes:[_textStorage attributesAtIndex:CPMaxRange(range) effectiveRange:nil]];
 
         [[CPNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:CPTextViewDidChangeSelectionNotification object:self];