diff --git a/amiga/font.c b/amiga/font.c
index e624d5677..5ec52032f 100755
--- a/amiga/font.c
+++ b/amiga/font.c
@@ -341,15 +341,14 @@ bool nsfont_split(const plot_font_style_t *fstyle,
 			}
 		}
 
-		tx += tempx;
-
 		if ((x < tx) && (*char_offset != 0)) {
 			/* Reached available width, and a space was found;
 			 * split there. */
 			free(outf16);
 			return true;
 		}
-
+		
+		tx += tempx;
 		utf16 = utf16next;
 		utf8_pos = utf8_next(string, length, utf8_pos);
 	}