diff --git a/packages/lexical-selection/src/__tests__/unit/LexicalSelectionHelpers.test.ts b/packages/lexical-selection/src/__tests__/unit/LexicalSelectionHelpers.test.ts
index 48fefebc3db..3d151f31b7d 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-selection/src/__tests__/unit/LexicalSelectionHelpers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lexical-selection/src/__tests__/unit/LexicalSelectionHelpers.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   $setSelection,
   ElementNode,
   LexicalEditor,
+  LexicalNode,
   ParagraphNode,
   RangeSelection,
   TextNode,
@@ -3075,4 +3076,51 @@ describe('$patchStyleText', () => {
       expect(color).toEqual('');
     });
   });
+
+  test('preserve backward selection when changing style of 2 different text nodes', async () => {
+    const editor = createTestEditor();
+
+    const element = document.createElement('div');
+
+    editor.setRootElement(element);
+
+    editor.update(() => {
+      const root = $getRoot();
+
+      const paragraph = $createParagraphNode();
+      root.append(paragraph);
+
+      const firstText = $createTextNode('first ').setFormat('bold');
+      paragraph.append(firstText);
+
+      const secondText = $createTextNode('second').setFormat('italic');
+      paragraph.append(secondText);
+
+      $setAnchorPoint({
+        key: secondText.getKey(),
+        offset: 'sec'.length,
+        type: 'text',
+      });
+
+      $setFocusPoint({
+        key: firstText.getKey(),
+        offset: 'fir'.length,
+        type: 'text',
+      });
+
+      const selection = $getSelection();
+
+      $patchStyleText(selection!, {'font-size': '11px'});
+
+      const [newAnchor, newFocus] = selection!.getStartEndPoints()!;
+
+      const newAnchorNode: LexicalNode = newAnchor.getNode();
+      expect(newAnchorNode.getTextContent()).toBe('sec');
+      expect(newAnchor.offset).toBe('sec'.length);
+
+      const newFocusNode: LexicalNode = newFocus.getNode();
+      expect(newFocusNode.getTextContent()).toBe('st ');
+      expect(newFocus.offset).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/lexical-selection/src/lexical-node.ts b/packages/lexical-selection/src/lexical-node.ts
index 8d38092cf8d..492f12e8159 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-selection/src/lexical-node.ts
+++ b/packages/lexical-selection/src/lexical-node.ts
@@ -427,7 +427,11 @@ export function $patchStyleText(
         // the entire first node isn't selected, so split it
         firstNode = firstNode.splitText(startOffset)[1];
         startOffset = 0;
-        anchor.set(firstNode.getKey(), startOffset, 'text');
+        if (isBefore) {
+          anchor.set(firstNode.getKey(), startOffset, 'text');
+        } else {
+          focus.set(firstNode.getKey(), startOffset, 'text');
+        }
       }
 
       $patchStyle(firstNode as TextNode, patch);