diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp
index cc3372d6e8..2aedfe9133 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp
@@ -3002,15 +3002,15 @@ void QTextDocumentLayout::resizeInlineObject(QTextInlineObject item, int posInDo
     {
     case QTextCharFormat::AlignMiddle:
         item.setDescent(inlineSize.height() / 2);
-        item.setAscent(inlineSize.height() / 2 - 1);
+        item.setAscent(inlineSize.height() / 2);
         break;
     case QTextCharFormat::AlignBaseline:
         item.setDescent(m.descent());
-        item.setAscent(inlineSize.height() - m.descent() - 1);
+        item.setAscent(inlineSize.height() - m.descent());
         break;
     default:
         item.setDescent(0);
-        item.setAscent(inlineSize.height() - 1);
+        item.setAscent(inlineSize.height());
     }
 }