diff --git a/src/BufferView.cpp b/src/BufferView.cpp
index 15dcb92682..7332ec5921 100644
--- a/src/BufferView.cpp
+++ b/src/BufferView.cpp
@@ -809,6 +809,8 @@ bool BufferView::moveToPosition(pit_type bottom_pit, pos_type bottom_pos,
 		setCursor(dit);
 		// set the current font.
 		d->cursor_.setCurrentFont();
+		// Do not forget to reset the anchor (see #9912)
+		d->cursor_.resetAnchor();
 		// To center the screen on this new position we need the
 		// paragraph position which is computed at draw() time.
 		// So we need a redraw!