diff --git a/src/nvim/statusline.c b/src/nvim/statusline.c
index 015c578396..b89d346fbf 100644
--- a/src/nvim/statusline.c
+++ b/src/nvim/statusline.c
@@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ int build_stl_str_hl(win_T *wp, char *out, size_t outlen, char *fmt, char *opt_n
   int evaldepth  = 0;
 
   int curitem = 0;
+  int foldsignitem = -1;
   bool prevchar_isflag = true;
   bool prevchar_isitem = false;
 
@@ -1655,6 +1656,7 @@ int build_stl_str_hl(win_T *wp, char *out, size_t outlen, char *fmt, char *opt_n
       if (width == 0) {
         break;
       }
+      foldsignitem = curitem;
 
       char *p = NULL;
       if (fold) {
@@ -1664,32 +1666,22 @@ int build_stl_str_hl(win_T *wp, char *out, size_t outlen, char *fmt, char *opt_n
         p[n] = NUL;
       }
 
-      *buf_tmp = NUL;
+      size_t buflen = 0;
       varnumber_T virtnum = get_vim_var_nr(VV_VIRTNUM);
-      for (int i = 0; i <= width; i++) {
-        if (i == width) {
-          if (*buf_tmp == NUL) {
-            break;
-          }
-          stl_items[curitem].minwid = 0;
-        } else if (!fold) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
+        if (!fold) {
           SignTextAttrs *sattr = virtnum ? NULL : sign_get_attr(i, stcp->sattrs, wp->w_scwidth);
           p = sattr && sattr->text ? sattr->text : "  ";
           stl_items[curitem].minwid = -(sattr ? stcp->sign_cul_id ? stcp->sign_cul_id
                                         : sattr->hl_id : (stcp->use_cul ? HLF_CLS : HLF_SC) + 1);
         }
-        size_t buflen = strlen(buf_tmp);
         stl_items[curitem].type = Highlight;
         stl_items[curitem].start = out_p + buflen;
+        xstrlcpy(buf_tmp + buflen, p, TMPLEN - buflen);
+        buflen += strlen(p);
         curitem++;
-        if (i == width) {
-          str = buf_tmp;
-          break;
-        }
-        int rc = snprintf(buf_tmp + buflen, sizeof(buf_tmp) - buflen, "%s", p);
-        (void)rc;  // Avoid unused warning on release build
-        assert(rc > 0);
       }
+      str = buf_tmp;
       break;
     }
 
@@ -1832,6 +1824,13 @@ int build_stl_str_hl(win_T *wp, char *out, size_t outlen, char *fmt, char *opt_n
           }
         }
         minwid = 0;
+        // For a 'statuscolumn' sign or fold item, shift the added items
+        if (foldsignitem >= 0) {
+          ptrdiff_t offset = out_p - stl_items[foldsignitem].start;
+          for (int i = foldsignitem; i < curitem; i++) {
+            stl_items[i].start += offset;
+          }
+        }
       } else {
         // Note: The negative value denotes a left aligned item.
         //       Here we switch the minimum width back to a positive value.
@@ -1851,6 +1850,14 @@ int build_stl_str_hl(win_T *wp, char *out, size_t outlen, char *fmt, char *opt_n
       }
       // }
 
+      // For a 'statuscolumn' sign or fold item, add an item to reset the highlight group
+      if (foldsignitem >= 0) {
+        foldsignitem = -1;
+        stl_items[curitem].type = Highlight;
+        stl_items[curitem].start = out_p;
+        stl_items[curitem].minwid = 0;
+      }
+
       // For left-aligned items, fill any remaining space with the fillchar
       for (; l < minwid && out_p < out_end_p; l++) {
         MB_CHAR2BYTES(fillchar, out_p);
diff --git a/test/functional/ui/statuscolumn_spec.lua b/test/functional/ui/statuscolumn_spec.lua
index c218bd8fd6..6624fb008d 100644
--- a/test/functional/ui/statuscolumn_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/ui/statuscolumn_spec.lua
@@ -424,6 +424,21 @@ describe('statuscolumn', function()
     ]])
   end)
 
+  it('does not corrupt the screen with minwid sign item', function()
+    screen:try_resize(screen._width, 3)
+    screen:set_default_attr_ids({
+      [0] = {foreground = Screen.colors.Brown},
+      [1] = {foreground = Screen.colors.Blue4, background = Screen.colors.Gray},
+    })
+    command([[set stc=%6s\ %l]])
+    exec_lua('vim.api.nvim_buf_set_extmark(0, ns, 7, 0, {sign_text = "𒀀"})')
+    screen:expect([[
+      {0:    𒀀  8}^aaaaa                                        |
+      {0:    }{1:  }{0: 9}aaaaa                                        |
+                                                           |
+    ]])
+  end)
+
   for _, model in ipairs(mousemodels) do
     it("works with 'statuscolumn' clicks with mousemodel=" .. model, function()
       command('set mousemodel=' .. model)