diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 100d00cb..159f7124 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #define IRSSI_GLOBAL_CONFIG "irssi.conf" /* config file name in /etc/ */
 #define IRSSI_HOME_CONFIG "config" /* config file name in ~/.irssi/ */
 
-#define IRSSI_ABI_VERSION 10
+#define IRSSI_ABI_VERSION 11
 
 #define DEFAULT_SERVER_ADD_PORT 6667
 #define DEFAULT_SERVER_ADD_TLS_PORT 6697
diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c
index f05decd2..e91fcfb3 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c
@@ -936,6 +936,26 @@ void gui_entry_set_pos(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int pos)
 	gui_entry_draw(entry);
 }
 
+void gui_entry_set_text_and_pos_bytes(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, const char *str, int pos_bytes)
+{
+	int pos;
+	const char *ptr;
+
+	g_return_if_fail(entry != NULL);
+
+	gui_entry_set_text(entry, str);
+
+	if (entry->utf8) {
+		g_utf8_validate(str, pos_bytes, &ptr);
+		pos = g_utf8_pointer_to_offset(str, ptr);
+	} else if (term_type == TERM_TYPE_BIG5)
+		pos = strlen_big5((const unsigned char *)str) - strlen_big5((const unsigned char *)(str + pos_bytes));
+	else
+		pos = pos_bytes;
+
+	gui_entry_set_pos(entry, pos);
+}
+
 void gui_entry_move_pos(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int pos)
 {
         g_return_if_fail(entry != NULL);
diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h
index 8777f083..000c5f03 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ void gui_entry_set_utf8(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int utf8);
 void gui_entry_set_text(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, const char *str);
 char *gui_entry_get_text(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry);
 char *gui_entry_get_text_and_pos(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int *pos);
+void gui_entry_set_text_and_pos_bytes(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, const char *str, int pos_bytes);
 
 void gui_entry_insert_text(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, const char *str);
 void gui_entry_insert_char(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, unichar chr);
diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c b/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c
index 2c2eac21..3688f15e 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c
@@ -878,8 +878,7 @@ static void key_completion(int erase, int backward)
 	g_free(text);
 
 	if (line != NULL) {
-		gui_entry_set_text(active_entry, line);
-		gui_entry_set_pos(active_entry, pos);
+		gui_entry_set_text_and_pos_bytes(active_entry, line, pos);
 		g_free(line);
 	}
 }
@@ -909,8 +908,7 @@ static void key_check_replaces(void)
 	g_free(text);
 
 	if (line != NULL) {
-		gui_entry_set_text(active_entry, line);
-		gui_entry_set_pos(active_entry, pos);
+		gui_entry_set_text_and_pos_bytes(active_entry, line, pos);
 		g_free(line);
 	}
 }