diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/ProgressBar.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/ProgressBar.php
index 8212bedbf804..5ac8640689bc 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/ProgressBar.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/ProgressBar.php
@@ -603,13 +603,19 @@ private function buildLine()
         };
         $line = preg_replace_callback($regex, $callback, $this->format);
 
-        $lineLength = Helper::strlenWithoutDecoration($this->output->getFormatter(), $line);
+        // gets string length for each sub line with multiline format
+        $linesLength = array_map(function ($subLine) {
+            return Helper::strlenWithoutDecoration($this->output->getFormatter(), rtrim($subLine, "\r"));
+        }, explode("\n", $line));
+
+        $linesWidth = max($linesLength);
+
         $terminalWidth = $this->terminal->getWidth();
-        if ($lineLength <= $terminalWidth) {
+        if ($linesWidth <= $terminalWidth) {
             return $line;
         }
 
-        $this->setBarWidth($this->barWidth - $lineLength + $terminalWidth);
+        $this->setBarWidth($this->barWidth - $linesWidth + $terminalWidth);
 
         return preg_replace_callback($regex, $callback, $this->format);
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php
index 64ad4338ad2a..f45016982e29 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php
@@ -754,4 +754,22 @@ protected function generateOutput($expected)
 
         return "\x0D\x1B[2K".($count ? str_repeat("\x1B[1A\x1B[2K", $count) : '').$expected;
     }
+
+    public function testBarWidthWithMultilineFormat()
+    {
+        putenv('COLUMNS=10');
+
+        $bar = new ProgressBar($output = $this->getOutputStream());
+        $bar->setFormat("%bar%\n0123456789");
+
+        // before starting
+        $bar->setBarWidth(5);
+        $this->assertEquals(5, $bar->getBarWidth());
+
+        // after starting
+        $bar->start();
+        rewind($output->getStream());
+        $this->assertEquals(5, $bar->getBarWidth(), stream_get_contents($output->getStream()));
+        putenv('COLUMNS=120');
+    }
 }