diff --git a/modules/completion/vertico/autoload/vertico.el b/modules/completion/vertico/autoload/vertico.el
index 1ac27dd8c..626e082b3 100644
--- a/modules/completion/vertico/autoload/vertico.el
+++ b/modules/completion/vertico/autoload/vertico.el
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ If ARG (universal argument), include all files, even hidden or compressed ones."
   "Targets Doom's package! statements and returns the package name"
   (when (or (derived-mode-p 'emacs-lisp-mode) (derived-mode-p 'org-mode))
     (save-excursion
-      (search-backward "(")
-      (when (looking-at "(\\s-*package!\\s-*\\(\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)\\s-*")
+      (when (and (search-backward "(" nil t)
+                 (looking-at "(\\s-*package!\\s-*\\(\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)\\s-*"))
         (let ((pkg (match-string 1)))
           (set-text-properties 0 (length pkg) nil pkg)
           `(package . ,pkg))))))