diff --git a/base b/base
index 3813bb1b9..53ff64833 160000
--- a/base
+++ b/base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3813bb1b950abdd75a11b96e237ca9932f3dc1a5
+Subproject commit 53ff64833621a1d85c04111ac7c05094f585fe0d
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/textboxwidget.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/textboxwidget.lua
index 6acd0c6e7..b1017aac0 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/textboxwidget.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/textboxwidget.lua
@@ -665,7 +665,8 @@ function TextBoxWidget:_renderText(start_row_idx, end_row_idx)
                 -- Requested to add an ellipsis on this line
                 local ellipsis_width = RenderText:getEllipsisWidth(self.face)
                     -- no bold: xtext does synthetized bold with normal metrics
-                if line.width + ellipsis_width > line.targeted_width then
+                line.width = line.width + ellipsis_width
+                if line.width > line.targeted_width then
                     -- The ellipsis would overflow: we need to re-makeLine()
                     -- this line with a smaller targeted_width
                     line = self._xtext:makeLine(line.offset, line.targeted_width - ellipsis_width)