1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index 73f024409b1..4c8336b8c82 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -4175,13 +4175,13 @@ styled_format (ptrdiff_t nargs, Lisp_Object *args, bool message)
               convbytes += padding;
               if (convbytes <= buf + bufsize - p)
                 {
-                  info[n].start = nchars;
                   if (! minus_flag)
                     {
                       memset (p, ' ', padding);
                       p += padding;
                       nchars += padding;
                     }
+                  info[n].start = nchars;
 
                   if (p > buf
                       && multibyte