diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qitemeditorfactory.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qitemeditorfactory.cpp
index a3ec5691a3..609df364cf 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qitemeditorfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qitemeditorfactory.cpp
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ void QExpandingLineEdit::resizeToContents()
         int hintWidth = minimumWidth() + fontMetrics().horizontalAdvance(displayText());
         int parentWidth = parent->width();
         int maxWidth = isRightToLeft() ? position.x() + oldWidth : parentWidth - position.x();
-        int newWidth = qBound(originalWidth, hintWidth, maxWidth);
+        int newWidth = qBound(qMin(originalWidth, maxWidth), hintWidth, maxWidth);
         if (widgetOwnsGeometry)
             setMaximumWidth(newWidth);
         if (isRightToLeft())