diff --git a/lib/awful/placement.lua.in b/lib/awful/placement.lua.in
index bc95e3a5e..d334f7fc3 100644
--- a/lib/awful/placement.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/placement.lua.in
@@ -108,17 +108,17 @@ function placement.no_offscreen(c)
     local c = c or capi.client.focus
     local geometry = c:geometry()
     local screen   = c.screen or a_screen.getbycoord(geometry.x, geometry.y)
-    local border = c.border_width
+    local border   = c.border_width
     local screen_geometry = capi.screen[screen].workarea
 
     if geometry.x + geometry.width + 2*border > screen_geometry.x + screen_geometry.width then
-        geometry.x = screen_geometry.x + screen_geometry.width - geometry.width
+        geometry.x = screen_geometry.x + screen_geometry.width - geometry.width - 2*border
     elseif geometry.x < screen_geometry.x then
         geometry.x = screen_geometry.x
     end
 
     if geometry.y + geometry.height + border > screen_geometry.y + screen_geometry.height then
-        geometry.y = screen_geometry.y + screen_geometry.height - geometry.height
+        geometry.y = screen_geometry.y + screen_geometry.height - geometry.height - 2*border
     elseif geometry.y < screen_geometry.y then
         geometry.y = screen_geometry.y
     end