diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdocumentationcommenthelper.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdocumentationcommenthelper.cpp
index 63ddc929ed8..37df46a4556 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdocumentationcommenthelper.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdocumentationcommenthelper.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ bool handleDoxygenCppStyleContinuation(QTextCursor &cursor)
         return false;
 
     QString newLine(QLatin1Char('\n'));
-    newLine.append(QString(offset, QLatin1Char(' '))); // indent correctly
+    newLine.append(text.left(offset)); // indent correctly
     newLine.append(commentMarker);
     newLine.append(QLatin1Char(' '));
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp
index 6a258f2dfc8..01fc5bf2a8f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp
@@ -205,6 +205,17 @@ void DoxygenTest::testBasic_data()
          "    int a;\n"
     );
 
+    QTest::newRow("cpp_styleA_indented_preserve_mixed_indention_continuation") << _(
+         "\t bool preventFolding;\n"
+         "\t /// \brief a|\n"
+         "\t int a;\n"
+        ) << _(
+         "\t bool preventFolding;\n"
+         "\t /// \brief a\n"
+         "\t /// \n"
+         "\t int a;\n"
+    );
+
     /// test cpp style doxygen comment continuation when inside a indented scope
     QTest::newRow("cpp_styleA_indented_continuation") << _(
          "    bool preventFolding;\n"