diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/text.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/text.rs
index 5ff128ebb6..e3fc5eb659 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/text.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/text.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ impl Measure for TextMeasure {
         _available_height: AvailableSpace,
     ) -> Vec2 {
         let x = width.unwrap_or_else(|| match available_width {
-            AvailableSpace::Definite(x) => x.clamp(self.info.min.x, self.info.max.x),
+            AvailableSpace::Definite(x) => {
+                // It is possible for the "min content width" to be larger than
+                // the "max content width" when soft-wrapping right-aligned text
+                // and possibly other situations.
+
+                x.max(self.info.min.x).min(self.info.max.x)
+            }
             AvailableSpace::MinContent => self.info.min.x,
             AvailableSpace::MaxContent => self.info.max.x,
         });