diff --git a/plugins/gtkgui/chat.py b/plugins/gtkgui/chat.py
index a92c9263e..91a1649d6 100644
--- a/plugins/gtkgui/chat.py
+++ b/plugins/gtkgui/chat.py
@@ -412,12 +412,14 @@ class chat:
 			#we get the end of the tag
 			while not end_iter.ends_tag(texttag):
 				end_iter.forward_char()
-			begin_sel, end_sel = widget.get_buffer().get_selection_bounds()
-			if begin_sel.in_range(begin_iter, end_iter) or\
-				end_sel.in_range(begin_iter, end_iter):
-				# we have selected a text and release the button in an url, we don't
-				# want to open the url
-				return
+			bounds = widget.get_buffer().get_selection_bounds()
+			if len(bounds) == 2:
+				begin_sel, end_sel = bounds
+				if begin_sel.in_range(begin_iter, end_iter) or\
+					end_sel.in_range(begin_iter, end_iter):
+					# we have selected a text and release the button in an url, we
+					# don't want to open the url
+					return
 			word = begin_iter.get_text(end_iter)
 			if event.button == 3:
 				self.make_link_menu(event, kind, word)