diff --git a/plugin/UltiSnips/__init__.py b/plugin/UltiSnips/__init__.py
index fdc9dc9..9709a90 100644
--- a/plugin/UltiSnips/__init__.py
+++ b/plugin/UltiSnips/__init__.py
@@ -694,8 +694,12 @@ class SnippetManager(object):
                     this_entered = vim.current.line[:self._vstate.pos.col]
                     self._chars_entered('\n' + cline + this_entered, 1)
                 if line_was_shortened and user_didnt_enter_newline:
-                    self._backspace(self._vstate.ppos.col-len(lline))
-                    self._chars_entered('\n' + cline[:len(cline)-(len(self._vstate.last_line)-self._vstate.ppos.col)], 1)
+                    nchars_deleted_in_lline = self._vstate.ppos.col - len(lline)
+                    self._backspace(nchars_deleted_in_lline)
+                    nchars_wrapped_from_lline_after_cursor = \
+                            len(self._vstate.last_line) - self._vstate.ppos.col
+                    self._chars_entered('\n' + cline
+                        [:len(cline)-nchars_wrapped_from_lline_after_cursor], 1)
                 else:
                     pentered = lline[self._vstate.ppos.col:]
                     this_entered = vim.current.line[:self._vstate.pos.col]