diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
index 53be0a39ba7a1f..5417dd3eb90006 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
@@ -193,7 +193,11 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 	}
 
 	onSelectionChange( start, end ) {
-		this.setState( { start, end } );
+		// `end` can be less than `start` on iOS
+		// Let's fix that here so `rich-text/slice` can work properly
+		const realStart = Math.min( start, end );
+		const realEnd = Math.max( start, end );
+		this.setState( { start: realStart, end: realEnd } );
 	}
 
 	isEmpty() {