diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoroverlay.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoroverlay.cpp
index db142b233fa07e77a60c61da8b3ad3de985c3b68..07bd35bc6b8264344bfb37d37a4deae80e9cc0dc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoroverlay.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoroverlay.cpp
@@ -16,20 +16,9 @@ RefactorOverlay::RefactorOverlay(TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *editor) :
 
 void RefactorOverlay::paint(QPainter *painter, const QRect &clip)
 {
-    QTextBlock lastBlock;
-    int position = 0;
     m_maxWidth = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < m_markers.size(); ++i) {
-
-        // position counts how many refactor markers are in a single block
-        if (m_markers.at(i).cursor.block() != lastBlock) {
-            lastBlock = m_markers.at(i).cursor.block();
-            position = 0;
-        } else {
-            position++;
-        }
-
-        paintMarker(m_markers.at(i), position, painter, clip);
+        paintMarker(m_markers.at(i), painter, clip);
     }
 
     if (BaseTextDocumentLayout *documentLayout = qobject_cast<BaseTextDocumentLayout*>(m_editor->document()->documentLayout())) {
@@ -48,8 +37,7 @@ RefactorMarker RefactorOverlay::markerAt(const QPoint &pos) const
     return RefactorMarker();
 }
 
-void RefactorOverlay::paintMarker(const RefactorMarker& marker, int position,
-                                  QPainter *painter, const QRect &clip)
+void RefactorOverlay::paintMarker(const RefactorMarker& marker, QPainter *painter, const QRect &clip)
 {
     QPointF offset = m_editor->contentOffset();
     QRectF geometry = m_editor->blockBoundingGeometry(marker.cursor.block()).translated(offset);
@@ -58,17 +46,17 @@ void RefactorOverlay::paintMarker(const RefactorMarker& marker, int position,
         return; // marker not visible
 
     QTextCursor cursor = marker.cursor;
-    cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::EndOfLine);
+
     QRect r = m_editor->cursorRect(cursor);
 
     QIcon icon = marker.icon;
     if (icon.isNull())
         icon = m_icon;
 
-    QSize sz = icon.actualSize(QSize(INT_MAX, r.height()));
+    QSize sz = icon.actualSize(QSize(m_editor->fontMetrics().width(QLatin1Char(' '))+2, r.height()));
 
-    int x = r.right() + position * sz.width();
-    marker.rect = QRect(x, r.bottom() + 1 - sz.height(), sz.width(), sz.height());
+    int x = r.right();
+    marker.rect = QRect(x, r.top(), sz.width(), sz.height());
 
     icon.paint(painter, marker.rect);
     m_maxWidth = qMax((qreal)m_maxWidth, x + sz.width() - offset.x());
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoroverlay.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoroverlay.h
index 6c0c9bac3feb7eb5874acb2ed364e968ad601470..1fd6637a806e50db7f4dec24847352556698fc65 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoroverlay.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoroverlay.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
     RefactorMarker markerAt(const QPoint &pos) const;
 
 private:
-    void paintMarker(const RefactorMarker& marker, int position, QPainter *painter, const QRect &clip);
+    void paintMarker(const RefactorMarker& marker, QPainter *painter, const QRect &clip);
     RefactorMarkers m_markers;
     BaseTextEditor *m_editor;
     int m_maxWidth;