diff --git a/mod/quiz/locallib.php b/mod/quiz/locallib.php
index cb639402ab5..ca274bd5f87 100644
--- a/mod/quiz/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/quiz/locallib.php
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ function quiz_apply_penalty_and_timelimit(&$question, &$state, $attempt, $quiz)
 
 
 function quiz_print_comment($text) {
-    echo "<span class=\"feedbacktext\">".format_text($text, true, false)."</span>";
+    echo "<span class=\"feedbacktext\">&nbsp;".format_text($text, true, false)."</span>";
 }
 
 function quiz_print_correctanswer($text) {
diff --git a/mod/quiz/questiontypes/multichoice/questiontype.php b/mod/quiz/questiontypes/multichoice/questiontype.php
index e8cfd5fbccd..93e37582f51 100644
--- a/mod/quiz/questiontypes/multichoice/questiontype.php
+++ b/mod/quiz/questiontypes/multichoice/questiontype.php
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class quiz_multichoice_qtype extends quiz_default_questiontype {
             // Print feedback by selected options if feedback is on
             if (($options->feedback || $options->correct_responses) &&
              $checked) {
-               echo '<td valign="top">&nbsp;';
+               echo '<td valign="top">';
                quiz_print_comment($answer->feedback);
                echo '</td>';
            }