diff --git a/lua/lualine/components/selectioncount.lua b/lua/lualine/components/selectioncount.lua
index f08bde0c9..af1e45cf7 100644
--- a/lua/lualine/components/selectioncount.lua
+++ b/lua/lualine/components/selectioncount.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 local function selectioncount()
   local mode = vim.fn.mode(true)
-  local line_start, col_start = vim.fn.line('v'), vim.fn.col('v')
-  local line_end, col_end = vim.fn.line('.'), vim.fn.col('.')
+  local pos_start = vim.fn.getpos('v')
+  local pos_end = vim.fn.getpos('.')
+  local line_start, col_start = pos_start[2], pos_start[3] + pos_start[4]
+  local line_end, col_end = pos_end[2], pos_end[3] + pos_end[4]
   if mode:match('') then
     return string.format('%dx%d', math.abs(line_start - line_end) + 1, math.abs(col_start - col_end) + 1)
   elseif mode:match('V') or line_start ~= line_end then