diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index f5646b3623c56..5e9d7b8fac1ac 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -2816,6 +2816,10 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
           }
         }
 
+        if (keepWhiteSpace) {
+          compareWithLastPosition(0);
+        }
+
         return;
       }
 
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index b4c5725b5bfd8..640aa41847127 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -624,3 +624,4 @@
 !bug1871353.pdf
 !bug1871353.1.pdf
 !file_pdfjs_form.pdf
+!issue17492.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue17492.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue17492.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6ed4e3f041381
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/issue17492.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/unit/api_spec.js b/test/unit/api_spec.js
index e0a349506ac4b..341f406fd5289 100644
--- a/test/unit/api_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/api_spec.js
@@ -2550,6 +2550,20 @@ describe("api", function () {
       await loadingTask.destroy();
     });
 
+    it("read content from multiline textfield containing an empty line", async function () {
+      const loadingTask = getDocument(buildGetDocumentParams("issue17492.pdf"));
+      const pdfDoc = await loadingTask.promise;
+      const pdfPage = await pdfDoc.getPage(1);
+      const annotations = await pdfPage.getAnnotations();
+
+      const field = annotations.find(annotation => annotation.id === "144R");
+      expect(!!field).toEqual(true);
+      expect(field.fieldValue).toEqual("Several\n\nOther\nJobs");
+      expect(field.textContent).toEqual(["Several", "", "Other", "Jobs"]);
+
+      await loadingTask.destroy();
+    });
+
     describe("Cross-origin", function () {
       let loadingTask;
       function _checkCanLoad(expectSuccess, filename, options) {