diff --git a/lib/jkqtmathtext/nodes/jkqtmathtexttextnode.cpp b/lib/jkqtmathtext/nodes/jkqtmathtexttextnode.cpp
index 98d794a6831..dbac326e574 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtmathtext/nodes/jkqtmathtexttextnode.cpp
+++ b/lib/jkqtmathtext/nodes/jkqtmathtexttextnode.cpp
@@ -178,10 +178,9 @@ JKQTMathTextTextNode::LayoutInfo JKQTMathTextTextNode::calcLayout(QPainter &pain
                 break;
         }
         l.textpartXPos.append(l.width);
-        l.width+=hadv;
+        if (i==l.textpart.size()-1) l.width+=tbr.width()+qMax(0.0,tbr.x());
+        else l.width+=hadv;
         /*
-        if (i==l.textpart.size()-1) l.width+=tbr.width();
-        else l.width+=br.width();
         if (l.textpart[i].size()>0 && l.textpart[i].at(l.textpart[i].size()-1).isSpace()) {
             // this correction is necessary, because it seems that QFontMetricsF::boundingRect() ignores trailing spaces
             l.width+=sp;