diff --git a/Common/Render/DrawBuffer.cpp b/Common/Render/DrawBuffer.cpp
index 63c06f4c98ee..5310dd612b34 100644
--- a/Common/Render/DrawBuffer.cpp
+++ b/Common/Render/DrawBuffer.cpp
@@ -521,7 +521,6 @@ void DrawBuffer::MeasureTextRect(FontID font_id, std::string_view text, const Bo
 		return;
 	}
 
-	std::string toMeasure = std::string(text);
 	int wrap = align & (FLAG_WRAP_TEXT | FLAG_ELLIPSIZE_TEXT);
 	if (wrap) {
 		const AtlasFont *font = fontAtlas_->getFont(font_id);
@@ -532,10 +531,12 @@ void DrawBuffer::MeasureTextRect(FontID font_id, std::string_view text, const Bo
 			*h = 0.0f;
 			return;
 		}
+		std::string toMeasure = std::string(text);
 		AtlasWordWrapper wrapper(*font, fontscalex, toMeasure, bounds.w, wrap);
 		toMeasure = wrapper.Wrapped();
+	} else {
+		MeasureText(font_id, text, w, h);
 	}
-	MeasureText(font_id, toMeasure, w, h);
 }
 
 void DrawBuffer::DrawTextShadow(FontID font, std::string_view text, float x, float y, Color color, int flags) {