diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/uiwriter/uiwriter2.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/uiwriter/uiwriter2.cxx
index 854cb288c617..dfa98003007b 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/uiwriter/uiwriter2.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/uiwriter/uiwriter2.cxx
@@ -1569,6 +1569,12 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwUiWriterTest2, testImageComment)
     SwDoc* pDoc = createDoc("image-comment.odt");
     SwView* pView = pDoc->GetDocShell()->GetView();
 
+    // Test document has "before<image>after", remove the content before the image.
+    SwWrtShell* pWrtShell = pDoc->GetDocShell()->GetWrtShell();
+    pWrtShell->SttEndDoc(/*bStart=*/true);
+    pWrtShell->Right(CRSR_SKIP_CHARS, /*bSelect=*/true, 6, /*bBasicCall=*/false);
+    pWrtShell->Delete();
+
     // Select the image.
     pView->GetViewFrame()->GetDispatcher()->Execute(FN_CNTNT_TO_NEXT_FRAME, SfxCallMode::SYNCHRON);
 
@@ -1578,17 +1584,17 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwUiWriterTest2, testImageComment)
     // Verify that the comment is around the image.
     // Without the accompanying fix in place, this test would have failed, as FN_POSTIT was disabled
     // in the frame shell.
+    // Then this test would have failed, as in case the as-char anchored image was at the start of
+    // the paragraph, the comment of the image covered the character after the image, not the image.
     uno::Reference<text::XTextRange> xPara = getParagraph(1);
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(OUString("Text"),
-                         getProperty<OUString>(getRun(xPara, 1), "TextPortionType"));
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(OUString("Annotation"),
-                         getProperty<OUString>(getRun(xPara, 2), "TextPortionType"));
+                         getProperty<OUString>(getRun(xPara, 1), "TextPortionType"));
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(OUString("Frame"),
-                         getProperty<OUString>(getRun(xPara, 3), "TextPortionType"));
+                         getProperty<OUString>(getRun(xPara, 2), "TextPortionType"));
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(OUString("AnnotationEnd"),
-                         getProperty<OUString>(getRun(xPara, 4), "TextPortionType"));
+                         getProperty<OUString>(getRun(xPara, 3), "TextPortionType"));
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(OUString("Text"),
-                         getProperty<OUString>(getRun(xPara, 5), "TextPortionType"));
+                         getProperty<OUString>(getRun(xPara, 4), "TextPortionType"));
 
     // Insert content to the comment, and select the image again.
     SfxStringItem aItem(FN_INSERT_STRING, "x");
diff --git a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx
index ce49c2ec315f..ec000c050552 100644
--- a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx
@@ -1912,6 +1912,21 @@ void SwWrtShell::InsertPostIt(SwFieldMgr& rFieldMgr, SfxRequest& rReq)
         {
             SwFlyFrame* pFly = GetSelectedFlyFrame();
 
+            // Remember the anchor of the selected object before deletion.
+            std::unique_ptr<SwPosition> pAnchor;
+            if (pFly)
+            {
+                SwFrameFormat* pFormat = pFly->GetFormat();
+                if (pFormat)
+                {
+                    RndStdIds eAnchorId = pFormat->GetAnchor().GetAnchorId();
+                    if ((eAnchorId == RndStdIds::FLY_AS_CHAR || eAnchorId == RndStdIds::FLY_AT_CHAR) && pFormat->GetAnchor().GetContentAnchor())
+                    {
+                        pAnchor.reset(new SwPosition(*pFormat->GetAnchor().GetContentAnchor()));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             // A frame is selected, end frame selection.
             EnterStdMode();
             GetView().AttrChangedNotify(this);
@@ -1920,6 +1935,7 @@ void SwWrtShell::InsertPostIt(SwFieldMgr& rFieldMgr, SfxRequest& rReq)
             // comment.
             if (pFly)
             {
+                *GetCurrentShellCursor().GetPoint() = *pAnchor;
                 SwFrameFormat* pFormat = pFly->GetFormat();
                 if (pFormat && pFormat->GetAnchor().GetAnchorId() == RndStdIds::FLY_AS_CHAR)
                 {
@@ -1927,21 +1943,8 @@ void SwWrtShell::InsertPostIt(SwFieldMgr& rFieldMgr, SfxRequest& rReq)
                 }
                 else if (pFormat && pFormat->GetAnchor().GetAnchorId() == RndStdIds::FLY_AT_CHAR)
                 {
-                    // Ending the frame selection positions the cursor at the end of the paragraph,
-                    // move it to the anchor position.
-                    sal_Int32 nCursor = GetCurrentShellCursor().GetPoint()->nContent.GetIndex();
-                    const SwPosition* pAnchor = pFormat->GetAnchor().GetContentAnchor();
-                    if (pAnchor)
-                    {
-                        sal_Int32 nDiff = nCursor - pAnchor->nContent.GetIndex();
-                        if (nDiff > 0)
-                        {
-                            Left(CRSR_SKIP_CELLS, /*bSelect=*/false, nDiff, /*bBasicCall=*/false,
-                                 /*bVisual=*/true);
-                            aData.m_pAnnotationRange.reset(new SwPaM(
-                                *GetCurrentShellCursor().Start(), *GetCurrentShellCursor().End()));
-                        }
-                    }
+                    aData.m_pAnnotationRange.reset(new SwPaM(*GetCurrentShellCursor().Start(),
+                                                             *GetCurrentShellCursor().End()));
                 }
             }
         }