diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
index 285a13a588a..b9fda49c2ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
@@ -4475,7 +4475,7 @@ void TextEditorWidgetPrivate::paintIndentDepth(PaintEventData &data,
 
     const QTextLine textLine = blockData.layout->lineAt(0);
     const QRectF rect = textLine.naturalTextRect();
-    qreal x = textLine.cursorToX(0) + data.offset.x() + qMax(0, q->cursorWidth() - 1)
+    qreal x = textLine.x() + data.offset.x() + qMax(0, q->cursorWidth() - 1)
             + horizontalAdvance * m_visualIndentOffset;
     int paintColumn = 0;