diff --git a/components/script/textinput.rs b/components/script/textinput.rs
index 64f4d75d8ef..3cee1451528 100644
--- a/components/script/textinput.rs
+++ b/components/script/textinput.rs
@@ -671,8 +671,14 @@ impl<T: ClipboardProvider> TextInput<T> {
             Direction::Backward => {
                 let remaining = self.edit_point.index;
                 if adjust > remaining && self.edit_point.line > 0 {
+                    // Preserve the current selection origin because `adjust_vertical`
+                    // modifies `selection_origin`. Since we are moving backward instead of
+                    // highlighting vertically, we need to restore it after adjusting the line.
+                    let selection_origin_temp = self.selection_origin;
                     self.adjust_vertical(-1, select);
                     self.edit_point.index = self.current_line_length();
+                    // Restore the original selection origin to maintain expected behavior.
+                    self.selection_origin = selection_origin_temp;
                     // one shift is consumed by the change of line, hence the -1
                     self.adjust_horizontal(
                         adjust.saturating_sub(remaining + UTF8Bytes::one()),
diff --git a/tests/unit/script/textinput.rs b/tests/unit/script/textinput.rs
index ad938475690..9df3ed2e6ce 100644
--- a/tests/unit/script/textinput.rs
+++ b/tests/unit/script/textinput.rs
@@ -856,3 +856,11 @@ fn test_select_all() {
         textinput.selection_end()
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_backspace_in_textarea_at_beginning_of_line() {
+    let mut textinput = text_input(Lines::Multiple, "first line\n");
+    textinput.handle_keydown_aux(Key::ArrowDown, Modifiers::empty(), false);
+    textinput.handle_keydown_aux(Key::Backspace, Modifiers::empty(), false);
+    assert_eq!(textinput.get_content(), DOMString::from("first line"));
+}