diff --git a/lisp/org-element.el b/lisp/org-element.el
index 75f1d04ce..537f3fea9 100644
--- a/lisp/org-element.el
+++ b/lisp/org-element.el
@@ -4677,47 +4677,51 @@ indentation removed from its contents."
 	    ;; the beginnings of the contents or right after a line
 	    ;; break.
 	    (lambda (blob first-flag min-ind)
-	      (catch 'zero
-		(dolist (datum (org-element-contents blob) min-ind)
-		  (when first-flag
-		    (setq first-flag nil)
-		    (cond
-		     ;; Objects cannot start with spaces: in this
-		     ;; case, indentation is 0.
-		     ((not (stringp datum)) (throw 'zero 0))
-		     ((not (string-match
-			    "\\`\\([ \t]+\\)\\([^ \t\n]\\|\n\\|\\'\\)" datum))
-		      (throw 'zero 0))
-		     ((equal (match-string 2 datum) "\n")
-		      (put-text-property
-		       (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1) 'org-ind 'empty datum))
-		     (t
-		      (let ((i (string-width (match-string 1 datum))))
-			(put-text-property
-			 (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1) 'org-ind i datum)
-			(setq min-ind (min i min-ind))))))
+	      (dolist (datum (org-element-contents blob) min-ind)
+		(when first-flag
+		  (setq first-flag nil)
 		  (cond
-		   ((stringp datum)
-		    (let ((s 0))
-		      (while (string-match
-			      "\n\\([ \t]+\\)\\([^ \t\n]\\|\n\\|\\'\\)" datum s)
-			(setq s (match-end 1))
-			(if (equal (match-string 2 datum) "\n")
-			    (put-text-property
-			     (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)
-			     'org-ind 'empty
-			     datum)
-			  (let ((i (string-width (match-string 1 datum))))
-			    (put-text-property
-			     (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1) 'org-ind i datum)
-			    (setq min-ind (min i min-ind)))))))
-		   ((eq (org-element-type datum) 'line-break)
-		    (setq first-flag t))
-		   ((memq (org-element-type datum) org-element-recursive-objects)
-		    (setq min-ind
-			  (funcall find-min-ind datum first-flag min-ind))))))))
-	   (min-ind (funcall find-min-ind
-			     element (not ignore-first) most-positive-fixnum)))
+		   ;; Objects cannot start with spaces: in this
+		   ;; case, indentation is 0.
+		   ((not (stringp datum)) (throw :zero 0))
+		   ((not (string-match
+			  "\\`\\([ \t]+\\)\\([^ \t\n]\\|\n\\|\\'\\)" datum))
+		    (throw :zero 0))
+		   ((equal (match-string 2 datum) "\n")
+		    (put-text-property
+		     (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1) 'org-ind 'empty datum))
+		   (t
+		    (let ((i (string-width (match-string 1 datum))))
+		      (put-text-property
+		       (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1) 'org-ind i datum)
+		      (setq min-ind (min i min-ind))))))
+		(cond
+		 ((stringp datum)
+		  (let ((s 0))
+		    (while (string-match
+			    "\n\\([ \t]*\\)\\([^ \t\n]\\|\n\\|\\'\\)" datum s)
+		      (setq s (match-end 1))
+		      (cond
+		       ((equal (match-string 1 datum) "")
+			(unless (member (match-string 2 datum) '("" "\n"))
+			  (throw :zero 0)))
+		       ((equal (match-string 2 datum) "\n")
+			(put-text-property (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)
+					   'org-ind 'empty datum))
+		       (t
+			(let ((i (string-width (match-string 1 datum))))
+			  (put-text-property (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)
+					     'org-ind i datum)
+			  (setq min-ind (min i min-ind))))))))
+		 ((eq (org-element-type datum) 'line-break)
+		  (setq first-flag t))
+		 ((memq (org-element-type datum) org-element-recursive-objects)
+		  (setq min-ind
+			(funcall find-min-ind datum first-flag min-ind)))))))
+	   (min-ind
+	    (catch :zero
+	      (funcall find-min-ind
+		       element (not ignore-first) most-positive-fixnum))))
     (if (or (zerop min-ind) (= min-ind most-positive-fixnum)) element
       ;; Build ELEMENT back, replacing each string with the same
       ;; string minus common indentation.
diff --git a/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el b/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el
index 2a507f8ea..dc3316281 100644
--- a/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el
+++ b/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el
@@ -3272,6 +3272,11 @@ Text
     (org-element-normalize-contents
      '(paragraph nil "  Two spaces\n   Three spaces"))
     '(paragraph nil "Two spaces\n Three spaces")))
+  (should
+   (equal
+    (org-element-normalize-contents
+     '(paragraph nil "  Two spaces\nNo space"))
+    '(paragraph nil "  Two spaces\nNo space")))
   ;; Ignore objects within contents when computing maximum common
   ;; indentation.  However, if contents start with an object, common
   ;; indentation is 0.