diff --git a/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapTextCanvasRenderer.js b/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapTextCanvasRenderer.js
index 0f1a33c9a..e438b066f 100644
--- a/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapTextCanvasRenderer.js
+++ b/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapTextCanvasRenderer.js
@@ -68,11 +68,14 @@ var BitmapTextCanvasRenderer = function (renderer, src, interpolationPercentage,
     var lineOffsetX = 0;
 
     //  Update the bounds - skipped internally if not dirty
-    src.getTextBounds(false);
+    var bounds = src.getTextBounds(false);
 
     //  In case the method above changed it (word wrapping)
-    text = src._text;
-    textLength = text.length;
+    if (src.maxWidth > 0)
+    {
+        text = bounds.wrappedText;
+        textLength = text.length;
+    }
 
     var lineData = src._bounds.lines;
 
diff --git a/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapTextWebGLRenderer.js b/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapTextWebGLRenderer.js
index ee4247249..cc52ec01d 100644
--- a/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapTextWebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapTextWebGLRenderer.js
@@ -101,11 +101,14 @@ var BitmapTextWebGLRenderer = function (renderer, src, interpolationPercentage,
     var lineOffsetX = 0;
 
     //  Update the bounds - skipped internally if not dirty
-    src.getTextBounds(false);
+    var bounds = src.getTextBounds(false);
 
     //  In case the method above changed it (word wrapping)
-    text = src._text;
-    textLength = text.length;
+    if (src.maxWidth > 0)
+    {
+        text = bounds.wrappedText;
+        textLength = text.length;
+    }
 
     var lineData = src._bounds.lines;