diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/bars.py b/src/calibre/gui2/bars.py
index c45cb779f7..7108eafedc 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/bars.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/bars.py
@@ -85,7 +85,13 @@ def wrap_button_text(text, max_len=MAX_TEXT_LENGTH):
                     broken = True
                 else:
                     ans = word
-    if not broken:
+    if broken:
+        prefix, suffix = ans.split('\n', 1)
+        if len(suffix) > len(prefix) and len(suffix) > MAX_TEXT_LENGTH and len(prefix) < MAX_TEXT_LENGTH and suffix.count(' ') > 1:
+            word, rest = suffix.split(' ', 1)
+            if len(word) + len(prefix) <= len(rest):
+                ans = prefix + ' ' + word + '\n' + rest
+    else:
         if ' ' in ans:
             ans = '\n'.join(ans.split(' ', 1))
         elif '/' in ans: