diff --git a/lisp/net/eww.el b/lisp/net/eww.el
index af6e0afdfa7..f8d7c75aa2b 100644
--- a/lisp/net/eww.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eww.el
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ See URL `https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Input'.")
 		 (1- (line-end-position))
 	       (eww-end-of-field)))
 	    (while (and (> length 0)
-			(eql (following-char) ? ))
+			(eql (char-after (1- (point))) ? ))
 	      (delete-region (1- (point)) (point))
 	      (cl-decf length))))
 	 ((< length 0)