diff --git a/stdlib/REPL/src/REPLCompletions.jl b/stdlib/REPL/src/REPLCompletions.jl
index 149920381dcc8..e09e3b2aa9e6b 100644
--- a/stdlib/REPL/src/REPLCompletions.jl
+++ b/stdlib/REPL/src/REPLCompletions.jl
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ function completions(string::String, pos::Int, context_module::Module=Main, shif
         ok, ret = bslash_completions(string, pos)
         ok && return ret
         startpos = first(varrange) + 4
-        dotpos = something(findprev(isequal('.'), string, startpos), 0)
+        dotpos = something(findprev(isequal('.'), string, first(varrange)-1), 0)
         return complete_identifiers!(Completion[], ffunc, context_module, string,
             string[startpos:pos], pos, dotpos, startpos)
     # otherwise...
diff --git a/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl b/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl
index 4577be19fa9ac..036cda53aa2a2 100644
--- a/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl
+++ b/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ let s = "var\"complicated "
     @test c == Any["var\"complicated symbol with spaces\""]
 end
 
-let s = "WeirdNames().var\"oh "
+for s in ("WeirdNames().var\"oh ", "WeirdNames().var\"")
     c, r = test_complete_foo(s)
     @test c == Any["var\"oh no!\"", "var\"oh yes!\""]
 end