diff --git a/webapp/components/suggestion/suggestion_box.jsx b/webapp/components/suggestion/suggestion_box.jsx
index 008fc2ffba..11fda2643e 100644
--- a/webapp/components/suggestion/suggestion_box.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/suggestion/suggestion_box.jsx
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export default class SuggestionBox extends React.Component {
         // set the caret position after the next rendering
         window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
             if (textbox.value === newValue) {
-                Utils.setCaretPosition(textbox, newValue.length);
+                Utils.setCaretPosition(textbox, prefix.length + term.length + 1);
             }
         });