2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/sp-flowtext.cpp b/src/sp-flowtext.cpp
index 596d47ba4..8621a27b5 100644
--- a/src/sp-flowtext.cpp
+++ b/src/sp-flowtext.cpp
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ void SPFlowtext::_buildLayoutInput(SPObject *root, Shape const *exclusion_shape,
                 layout.appendWrapShape(&shapes->back());
             }
         }
-        else if (!SP_IS_FLOWREGIONEXCLUDE(child))
+        else if (!SP_IS_FLOWREGIONEXCLUDE(child) && !sp_repr_is_meta_element(child->repr))
             _buildLayoutInput(child, exclusion_shape, shapes, pending_line_break_object);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/sp-text.cpp b/src/sp-text.cpp
index 8e4b732bc..0390df6bf 100644
--- a/src/sp-text.cpp
+++ b/src/sp-text.cpp
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ unsigned SPText::_buildLayoutInput(SPObject *root, Inkscape::Text::Layout::Optio
             Glib::ustring const &string = SP_STRING(child)->string;
             layout.appendText(string, root->style, child, &optional_attrs, child_attrs_offset + length);
             length += string.length();
-        } else {
+        } else if (!sp_repr_is_meta_element(child->repr)) {
             length += _buildLayoutInput(child, optional_attrs, child_attrs_offset + length, in_textpath);
         }
     }