diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp
index ff0c035a90..1cc891ed5a 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp
@@ -2366,10 +2366,10 @@ QTextLayoutStruct QTextDocumentLayoutPrivate::layoutCell(QTextTable *t, const QT
         floatMinWidth = qMax(floatMinWidth, cd->minimumWidth);
     }
 
-    // constraint the maximumWidth by the minimum width of the fixed size floats, to
-    // keep them visible
+    // constraint the maximum/minimumWidth by the minimum width of the fixed size floats,
+    // to keep them visible
     layoutStruct.maximumWidth = qMax(layoutStruct.maximumWidth, floatMinWidth);
-    layoutStruct.minimumWidth = floatMinWidth;
+    layoutStruct.minimumWidth = qMax(layoutStruct.minimumWidth, floatMinWidth);
 
     // as floats in cells get added to the table's float list but must not affect
     // floats in other cells we must clear the list here.