1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquicktext.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquicktext.cpp
index cef0dd2900..cdbcf46380 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquicktext.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquicktext.cpp
@@ -2462,8 +2462,10 @@ void QQuickText::geometryChange(const QRectF &newGeometry, const QRectF &oldGeom
             }
         }
     } else if (!heightChanged && widthMaximum) {
-        if (!qFuzzyIsNull(oldGeometry.width())) {
+        if (oldGeometry.width() > 0) {
             // no change to height, width is adequate and wasn't 0 before
+            // (old width could also be negative if it was 0 and the margins
+            // were set)
             goto geomChangeDone;
         }
     }