diff --git a/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/source/inlined/InlinedAnnotationDrawingStrategy.java b/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/source/inlined/InlinedAnnotationDrawingStrategy.java
index cbf170c..63db861 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/source/inlined/InlinedAnnotationDrawingStrategy.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/source/inlined/InlinedAnnotationDrawingStrategy.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 			// Colorize line spacing area with the background of StyledText to avoid having highlighted line color
 			gc.setBackground(textWidget.getBackground());
 			Rectangle client= textWidget.getClientArea();
-			textWidget.drawBackground(gc, x, y, client.width, annotation.getHeight());
+			textWidget.drawBackground(gc, 0, y, client.width, annotation.getHeight());
 
 			// Draw the line header annotation
 			annotation.draw(gc, textWidget, offset, length, color, x, y);