diff --git a/avy.el b/avy.el
index 4c380c5..da51488 100644
--- a/avy.el
+++ b/avy.el
@@ -970,6 +970,10 @@ The window scope is determined by `avy-all-windows' (ARG negates it)."
                      (read-char "char 2: " t)
                      current-prefix-arg
                      nil nil))
+  (when (eq char1 ?
)
+    (setq char1 ?\n))
+  (when (eq char2 ?
)
+    (setq char2 ?\n))
   (avy-with avy-goto-char-2
     (avy--generic-jump
      (regexp-quote (string char1 char2))