diff --git a/render/layout.c b/render/layout.c
index c0c39526a..7a048e5d4 100644
--- a/render/layout.c
+++ b/render/layout.c
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ struct box * layout_line(struct box *first, int width, int *y,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (move_y) *y += used_height + 1;
+	if (move_y) *y += used_height;
 	return b;
 }