diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextlayout/tst_qtextlayout.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextlayout/tst_qtextlayout.cpp
index 9726db188a8..b605fc75f83 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextlayout/tst_qtextlayout.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextlayout/tst_qtextlayout.cpp
@@ -1907,7 +1907,8 @@ void tst_QTextLayout::longText()
                 break;
         }
         layout.endLayout();
-        QVERIFY(layout.maximumWidth() <= QFIXED_MAX);
+        QFontMetricsF fm(layout.font());
+        QVERIFY(layout.maximumWidth() - fm.horizontalAdvance(' ') <= QFIXED_MAX);
     }
 }