diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index 3374d6ac7a..5da1360eee 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-01-18  Juergen Vigna  <jug@sad.it>
+
+	* inset.C (getMaxWidth): try to fix fluctuation of collapsable insets.
+
 2002-01-17  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@freesurf.fr>
 
 	* insettabular.C (getMaxWidthOfCell): use LyXLength::inPixels
diff --git a/src/insets/inset.C b/src/insets/inset.C
index edf5125381..8b67739d57 100644
--- a/src/insets/inset.C
+++ b/src/insets/inset.C
@@ -337,16 +337,12 @@ int UpdatableInset::getMaxWidth(BufferView * bv, UpdatableInset const *) const
 	if (topx_set && owner()) {
 		w -= top_x;
 		w += owner()->x();
-	}
-#if 0 // already handled above now!!!
-	else if (!owner()) {
-		// give some left margin this should be made better!
-		// Idea: LyXText::giveLeftMargin(Inset * inset) will search the
-		//       inset in the text and return the LeftMargin of that row!
-		lyxerr << "w -= 20\n";
+	} else if (owner()) {
+		// this is needed as otherwise we might have a too large inset if
+		// its top_x afterwards changes to LeftMargin so we try to put at
+		// least the default margin as top_x
 		w -= 20;
 	}
-#endif
 	if (w < 10) {
 		w = 10;
 	}