diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index e926eca..8e84fbd 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ calcoffsets(void)
 		n = mw - (promptw + inputw + TEXTW("<") + TEXTW(">"));
 	/* calculate which items will begin the next page and previous page */
 	for (i = 0, next = curr; next; next = next->right)
-		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : TEXTW(next->text)) > n)
+		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : MIN(TEXTW(next->text), n)) > n)
 			break;
 	for (i = 0, prev = curr; prev && prev->left; prev = prev->left)
-		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : TEXTW(prev->left->text)) > n)
+		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : MIN(TEXTW(prev->left->text), n)) > n)
 			break;
 }