diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9907ef432..71e3b55df 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-03-24  Kristian Rietveld  <kris@gtk.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtktreeviewcolumn.c (gtk_tree_view_column_cell_process_action):
+	calculate the depth with the corrected real_cell_area and don't
+	subtract horizontal_separator/2.
+
 2007-03-24  Andreas Nilsson <andreas@andreasn.se>
 
 	* gtk-yes.png
diff --git a/gtk/gtktreeviewcolumn.c b/gtk/gtktreeviewcolumn.c
index 12e3942f2..154bd2257 100644
--- a/gtk/gtktreeviewcolumn.c
+++ b/gtk/gtktreeviewcolumn.c
@@ -2695,15 +2695,15 @@ gtk_tree_view_column_cell_process_action (GtkTreeViewColumn  *tree_column,
   real_background_area = *background_area;
 
 
-  if (rtl)
-    depth = real_background_area.width - real_cell_area.width - horizontal_separator/2;
-  else
-    depth = real_cell_area.x - real_background_area.x - horizontal_separator/2;
-
   real_cell_area.x += focus_line_width;
   real_cell_area.y += focus_line_width;
   real_cell_area.height -= 2 * focus_line_width;
 
+  if (rtl)
+    depth = real_background_area.width - real_cell_area.width;
+  else
+    depth = real_cell_area.x - real_background_area.x;
+
   /* Find out how much extra space we have to allocate */
   for (list = tree_column->cell_list; list; list = list->next)
     {