diff --git a/src/widget.c b/src/widget.c
index 704062b30..f900b65d6 100644
--- a/src/widget.c
+++ b/src/widget.c
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ radio_new (int y, int x, int count, const char **texts)
             max = m;
     }
 
-    init_widget (&result->widget, y, x, count, max, radio_callback, radio_event);
+    init_widget (&result->widget, y, x, count, 4 + max, radio_callback, radio_event);
+    /* 4 is width of "(*) " */
     result->state = 1;
     result->pos = 0;
     result->sel = 0;
@@ -615,7 +616,8 @@ check_new (int y, int x, int state, const char *text)
 
     c->text = parse_hotkey (text);
 
-    init_widget (&c->widget, y, x, 1, hotkey_width (c->text), check_callback, check_event);
+    init_widget (&c->widget, y, x, 1, 4 + hotkey_width (c->text), check_callback, check_event);
+    /* 4 is width of "[X] " */
     c->state = state ? C_BOOL : 0;
     widget_want_hotkey (c->widget, 1);