diff --git a/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting/textile/redcloth3.rb b/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting/textile/redcloth3.rb
index 01f1bd458..5fbfc4338 100644
--- a/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting/textile/redcloth3.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting/textile/redcloth3.rb
@@ -288,13 +288,14 @@ class RedCloth3 < String
             end
         end.flatten
 
-        # standard clean up
-        incoming_entities text 
-        clean_white_space text 
-
         # start processor
         @pre_list = []
         rip_offtags text
+
+        # standard clean up
+        incoming_entities text
+        clean_white_space text
+
         no_textile text
         escape_html_tags text
         # need to do this before #hard_break and #blocks
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting/textile_formatter_test.rb b/test/unit/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting/textile_formatter_test.rb
index 4bbef9996..32f5913aa 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting/textile_formatter_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting/textile_formatter_test.rb
@@ -621,6 +621,18 @@ EXPECTED
     assert_equal expected.gsub(%r{[\r\n\t]}, ''), to_html(text).gsub(%r{[\r\n\t]}, '')
   end
 
+  def test_should_not_clear_white_space_in_pre
+    text = <<-STR
+<pre>
+  This is some text in pre
+
+
+  two whitespace line avobe here.
+</pre>
+STR
+    assert_equal text.chomp, to_html(text)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def assert_html_output(to_test, expect_paragraph = true)