diff --git a/libraries/androidutils/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifyHelper.kt b/libraries/androidutils/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifyHelper.kt
index b95dacc5a8..5115605322 100644
--- a/libraries/androidutils/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifyHelper.kt
+++ b/libraries/androidutils/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifyHelper.kt
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ object LinkifyHelper {
             val closingParenthesisCount = linkifiedTextLastPath.count { it == ')' }
             val openingParenthesisCount = linkifiedTextLastPath.count { it == '(' }
             // If it's not part of a pair, remove it from the link span by adjusting the end index
-            end -= closingParenthesisCount - openingParenthesisCount
+            end -= (closingParenthesisCount - openingParenthesisCount).coerceAtLeast(0)
         }
         return end
     }
diff --git a/libraries/androidutils/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifierHelperTest.kt b/libraries/androidutils/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifierHelperTest.kt
index 4722994cc8..6fa18be1ac 100644
--- a/libraries/androidutils/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifierHelperTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/androidutils/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifierHelperTest.kt
@@ -122,4 +122,22 @@ class LinkifierHelperTest {
         assertThat(urlSpans.size).isEqualTo(1)
         assertThat(urlSpans.first().url).isEqualTo("https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/READ(ME)")
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `linkification handles mismatched opening parenthesis in URL`() {
+        val text = "A url: (https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/READ((((((ME))"
+        val result = LinkifyHelper.linkify(text)
+        val urlSpans = result.toSpannable().getSpans<URLSpan>()
+        assertThat(urlSpans.size).isEqualTo(1)
+        assertThat(urlSpans.first().url).isEqualTo("https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/READ((((((ME))")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `linkification handles mismatched closing parenthesis in URL`() {
+        val text = "A url: (https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/READ(ME)))))"
+        val result = LinkifyHelper.linkify(text)
+        val urlSpans = result.toSpannable().getSpans<URLSpan>()
+        assertThat(urlSpans.size).isEqualTo(1)
+        assertThat(urlSpans.first().url).isEqualTo("https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/READ(ME)")
+    }
 }