diff --git a/src/Console/ConsoleIo.php b/src/Console/ConsoleIo.php
index 883d2e28b8f..cfcadb5a517 100644
--- a/src/Console/ConsoleIo.php
+++ b/src/Console/ConsoleIo.php
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ public function overwrite($message, $newlines = 1, $size = null)
         // Store length of content + fill so if the new content
         // is shorter than the old content the next overwrite
         // will work.
-        $this->_lastWritten = $newBytes + $fill;
+        if ($fill > 0) {
+            $this->_lastWritten = $newBytes + $fill;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Console/ConsoleIoTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Console/ConsoleIoTest.php
index 84740c3a418..f2bcfe27fdc 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Console/ConsoleIoTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Console/ConsoleIoTest.php
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public function testOverwrite()
      *
      * @return void
      */
-    public function testOverwriteShorterContent()
+    public function testOverwriteWithShorterContent()
     {
         $length = strlen('12345');
 
@@ -383,6 +383,45 @@ public function testOverwriteShorterContent()
         $this->io->overwrite('12', 0);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test overwriting content with longer content
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testOverwriteWithLongerContent()
+    {
+        $this->out->expects($this->at(0))
+            ->method('write')
+            ->with('1')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(1));
+
+        // Backspaces
+        $this->out->expects($this->at(1))
+            ->method('write')
+            ->with(str_repeat("\x08", 1), 0)
+            ->will($this->returnValue(1));
+
+        $this->out->expects($this->at(2))
+            ->method('write')
+            ->with('123', 0)
+            ->will($this->returnValue(3));
+
+        // Backspaces
+        $this->out->expects($this->at(3))
+            ->method('write')
+            ->with(str_repeat("\x08", 3), 0)
+            ->will($this->returnValue(3));
+
+        $this->out->expects($this->at(4))
+            ->method('write')
+            ->with('12345', 0)
+            ->will($this->returnValue(5));
+
+        $this->io->out('1');
+        $this->io->overwrite('123', 0);
+        $this->io->overwrite('12345', 0);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests that setLoggers works properly
      *