diff --git a/sys/teken/teken.c b/sys/teken/teken.c
index 3002a88c882f..ef50e50035ae 100644
--- a/sys/teken/teken.c
+++ b/sys/teken/teken.c
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__) && defined(_KERNEL)
 #include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/limits.h>
 #include <sys/lock.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
 #define	teken_assert(x)		MPASS(x)
 #else /* !(__FreeBSD__ && _KERNEL) */
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -405,18 +407,21 @@ teken_state_numbers(teken_t *t, teken_char_t c)
 	teken_assert(t->t_curnum < T_NUMSIZE);
 
 	if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
-		/*
-		 * Don't do math with the default value of 1 when a
-		 * custom number is inserted.
-		 */
 		if (t->t_stateflags & TS_FIRSTDIGIT) {
+			/* First digit. */
 			t->t_stateflags &= ~TS_FIRSTDIGIT;
-			t->t_nums[t->t_curnum] = 0;
-		} else {
-			t->t_nums[t->t_curnum] *= 10;
+			t->t_nums[t->t_curnum] = c - '0';
+		} else if (t->t_nums[t->t_curnum] < USHRT_MAX) {
+			/*
+			 * Screen positions are stored as unsigned
+			 * shorts. There is no need to continue parsing
+			 * input once the value exceeds USHRT_MAX. It
+			 * would only allow for integer overflows when
+			 * performing arithmetic on the cursor position.
+			 */
+			t->t_nums[t->t_curnum] =
+			    t->t_nums[t->t_curnum] * 10 + c - '0';
 		}
-
-		t->t_nums[t->t_curnum] += c - '0';
 		return (1);
 	} else if (c == ';') {
 		if (t->t_stateflags & TS_FIRSTDIGIT)