diff --git a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
index bc1510d6f6f..e4651ef473e 100644
--- a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
@@ -2507,7 +2507,7 @@ bool RichTextLabel::search(const String &p_string, bool p_from_selection, bool p
 		if (it->type == ITEM_TEXT) {
 
 			ItemText *t = static_cast<ItemText *>(it);
-			int sp = t->text.find(p_string, charidx);
+			int sp = t->text.findn(p_string, charidx);
 			if (sp != -1) {
 				selection.from = it;
 				selection.from_char = sp;