diff --git a/src/textobject.c b/src/textobject.c
index edaa64c..9a8a916 100644
--- a/src/textobject.c
+++ b/src/textobject.c
@@ -1133,8 +1133,10 @@
 	/*
 	 * In Visual mode, when the resulting area is not bigger than what we
 	 * started with, extend it to the next block, and then exclude again.
+	 * Don't try to expand the area if the area is empty.
 	 */
 	if (!LT_POS(start_pos, old_start) && !LT_POS(old_end, curwin->w_cursor)
+		&& !EQUAL_POS(start_pos, curwin->w_cursor)
 		&& VIsual_active)
 	{
 	    curwin->w_cursor = old_start;