diff --git a/crates/typst-layout/src/math/root.rs b/crates/typst-layout/src/math/root.rs
index a6b5c03d0..c7f41488e 100644
--- a/crates/typst-layout/src/math/root.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-layout/src/math/root.rs
@@ -85,14 +85,15 @@ pub fn layout_root(
         ascent.set_max(shift_up + index.ascent());
     }
 
-    let radicand_x = sqrt_offset + sqrt.width();
+    let sqrt_x = sqrt_offset.max(Abs::zero());
+    let radicand_x = sqrt_x + sqrt.width();
     let radicand_y = ascent - radicand.ascent();
     let width = radicand_x + radicand.width();
     let size = Size::new(width, ascent + descent);
 
     // The extra "- thickness" comes from the fact that the sqrt is placed
     // in `push_frame` with respect to its top, not its baseline.
-    let sqrt_pos = Point::new(sqrt_offset, radicand_y - gap - thickness);
+    let sqrt_pos = Point::new(sqrt_x, radicand_y - gap - thickness);
     let line_pos = Point::new(radicand_x, radicand_y - gap - (thickness / 2.0));
     let radicand_pos = Point::new(radicand_x, radicand_y);
 
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ pub fn layout_root(
     frame.set_baseline(ascent);
 
     if let Some(index) = index {
-        let index_pos = Point::new(kern_before, ascent - index.ascent() - shift_up);
+        let index_x = -sqrt_offset.min(Abs::zero()) + kern_before;
+        let index_pos = Point::new(index_x, ascent - index.ascent() - shift_up);
         frame.push_frame(index_pos, index);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/ref/math-root-frame-size-index.png b/tests/ref/math-root-frame-size-index.png
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index 000000000..41d4df2e9
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diff --git a/tests/suite/math/root.typ b/tests/suite/math/root.typ
index df339fa80..b70b4b9bf 100644
--- a/tests/suite/math/root.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/math/root.typ
@@ -44,3 +44,9 @@ $ root(2, x) quad
 $ √2^3 = sqrt(2^3) $
 $ √(x+y) quad ∛x quad ∜x $
 $ (√2+3) = (sqrt(2)+3) $
+
+--- math-root-frame-size-index ---
+// Test size of final frame when there is an index.
+$ a root(, 3)         & a root(., 3) \
+  a sqrt(3)           & a root(2, 3) \
+  a root(#h(-1em), 3) & a root(123, 3) $