diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el
index 4a9814b5daf..32a046e0fbd 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ Interactively, N is the prefix numeric argument, and defaults to
 1."
   (interactive "p")
   (let ((start (current-column))
+        (entry (tabulated-list-get-entry))
         (nb-cols (length tabulated-list-format))
         (col-nb 0)
         (total-width 0)
@@ -741,9 +742,14 @@ Interactively, N is the prefix numeric argument, and defaults to
       (if (> start
              (setq total-width
                    (+ total-width
-                      (setq col-width
-                            (cadr (aref tabulated-list-format
-                                        col-nb))))))
+                      (max (setq col-width
+                                 (cadr (aref tabulated-list-format
+                                             col-nb)))
+                           (string-width (aref entry col-nb)))
+                      (or (plist-get (nthcdr 3 (aref tabulated-list-format
+                                                     col-nb))
+                                     :pad-right)
+                          1))))
           (setq col-nb (1+ col-nb))
         (setq found t)
         (setf (cadr (aref tabulated-list-format col-nb))