diff --git a/clang/lib/Format/QualifierAlignmentFixer.cpp b/clang/lib/Format/QualifierAlignmentFixer.cpp
index 5142a83efdd45..ff54fb75b3dd9 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Format/QualifierAlignmentFixer.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Format/QualifierAlignmentFixer.cpp
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ LeftRightQualifierAlignmentFixer::analyze(
   assert(QualifierToken != tok::identifier && "Unrecognised Qualifier");
 
   for (AnnotatedLine *Line : AnnotatedLines) {
-    if (Line->InPPDirective)
+    if (!Line->Affected || Line->InPPDirective)
       continue;
     FormatToken *First = Line->First;
     assert(First);
diff --git a/clang/unittests/Format/QualifierFixerTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/Format/QualifierFixerTest.cpp
index 76800b3fc8e37..9760c80dcc619 100755
--- a/clang/unittests/Format/QualifierFixerTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/Format/QualifierFixerTest.cpp
@@ -1343,6 +1343,29 @@ TEST_F(QualifierFixerTest, TemplatesLeft) {
                "TemplateType<Container const> t;", Style);
 }
 
+TEST_F(QualifierFixerTest, Ranges) {
+  FormatStyle Style = getLLVMStyle();
+  Style.QualifierAlignment = FormatStyle::QAS_Custom;
+  Style.QualifierOrder = {"const", "volatile", "type"};
+
+  // Only the first line should be formatted; the second should remain as is.
+  verifyFormat("template <typename T> const Foo f();\n"
+               "template <typename T> Foo const f();",
+               "template <typename T> Foo const f();\n"
+               "template <typename T> Foo const f();",
+               Style, {tooling::Range(0, 36)});
+
+  // Only the middle line should be formatted; the first and last should remain
+  // as is.
+  verifyFormat("template <typename T> Foo const f();\n"
+               "template <typename T> const Foo f();\n"
+               "template <typename T> Foo const f();",
+               "template <typename T> Foo const f();\n"
+               "template <typename T> Foo const f();\n"
+               "template <typename T> Foo const f();",
+               Style, {tooling::Range(37, 36)});
+}
+
 } // namespace
 } // namespace test
 } // namespace format