diff --git a/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee b/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee
index 55d2e7e37..6b25847c9 100644
--- a/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee
+++ b/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ class TokenizedBuffer extends Model
 
     iterator = @tokenizedLines[row].getTokenIterator()
     while iterator.next()
-      if iterator.getScreenEnd() > column
+      if iterator.getBufferEnd() > column
         scopes = iterator.getScopes()
         break