diff --git a/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js b/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js
index cb4053f685f..74351d4213c 100644
--- a/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js
+++ b/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
           index++;
         }
       }
-      while (/\S/.test(this._text[index]) && index < this.text.length) {
+      while (/\S/.test(this._text[index]) && index < this._text.length) {
         offset++;
         index++;
       }
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
     findLineBoundaryRight: function(startFrom) {
       var offset = 0, index = startFrom;
 
-      while (!/\n/.test(this._text[index]) && index < this.text.length) {
+      while (!/\n/.test(this._text[index]) && index < this._text.length) {
         offset++;
         index++;
       }
@@ -273,13 +273,13 @@
      * @return {Number} Index of the beginning or end of a word
      */
     searchWordBoundary: function(selectionStart, direction) {
-      var index     = this._reSpace.test(this.text.charAt(selectionStart)) ? selectionStart - 1 : selectionStart,
-          _char     = this.text.charAt(index),
+      var index     = this._reSpace.test(this._text[selectionStart]) ? selectionStart - 1 : selectionStart,
+          _char     = this._text[index],
           reNonWord = /[ \n\.,;!\?\-]/;
 
-      while (!reNonWord.test(_char) && index > 0 && index < this.text.length) {
+      while (!reNonWord.test(_char) && index > 0 && index < this._text.length) {
         index += direction;
-        _char = this.text.charAt(index);
+        _char = this._text[index];
       }
       if (reNonWord.test(_char) && _char !== '\n') {
         index += direction === 1 ? 0 : 1;