1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/eshell/em-ls.el b/lisp/eshell/em-ls.el
index 1d018026e67..3b5252c18a1 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/em-ls.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/em-ls.el
@@ -480,8 +480,8 @@ whose cdr is the list of file attributes."
                      ""))
                 (let* ((str (eshell-ls-printable-size (nth 7 attrs)))
                        (len (length str)))
-                  (if (< len size-width)
-                      (concat (make-string (- size-width len) ? ) str)
+                  (if (< len (or size-width 4))
+                      (concat (make-string (- (or size-width 4) len) ? ) str)
                     str))
                 " " (format-time-string
                      (concat