diff --git a/src/libs/tracing/timelineformattime.cpp b/src/libs/tracing/timelineformattime.cpp
index 97344dfb5fa..314a68f236b 100644
--- a/src/libs/tracing/timelineformattime.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/tracing/timelineformattime.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Timeline {
 
 QString formatTime(qint64 timestamp, qint64 reference)
 {
-    static const char *decimalUnits[] = {"ns", "\xb5s", "ms", "s"};
+    static const char *decimalUnits[] = {" ns", " \xb5s", " ms", " s"};
     static const double second = 1e9;
     static const double minute = 60;
     static const double hour = 60;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ QString formatTime(qint64 timestamp, qint64 reference)
 
     double seconds = timestamp / second;
     if (seconds < minute) {
-        return QString::number(seconds, 'g', qMax(round, 3)) + "s";
+        return QString::number(seconds, 'g', qMax(round, 3)) + " s";
     } else {
         int minutes = seconds / minute;
         seconds -= minutes * minute;