diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleSelectorEngine.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleSelectorEngine.ts
index b647f81b8e..293c10aa5f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleSelectorEngine.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleSelectorEngine.ts
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ function queryRole(scope: SelectorRoot, options: RoleEngineOptions, internal: bo
         return;
     }
     if (options.name !== undefined) {
-      // Always normalize whitespace in the accessible name.
-      const accessibleName = normalizeWhiteSpace(getElementAccessibleName(element, !!options.includeHidden));
+      const accessibleName = getElementAccessibleName(element, !!options.includeHidden);
       if (typeof options.name === 'string')
         options.name = normalizeWhiteSpace(options.name);
       // internal:role assumes that [name="foo"i] also means substring.
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts
index 50564fa31f..16743fd607 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import type { AriaRole } from '@isomorphic/ariaSnapshot';
 import { closestCrossShadow, elementSafeTagName, enclosingShadowRootOrDocument, getElementComputedStyle, isElementStyleVisibilityVisible, isVisibleTextNode, parentElementOrShadowHost } from './domUtils';
+import { normalizeWhiteSpace } from '../../utils/isomorphic/stringUtils';
 
 function hasExplicitAccessibleName(e: Element) {
   return e.hasAttribute('aria-label') || e.hasAttribute('aria-labelledby');
@@ -420,6 +421,8 @@ export function getElementAccessibleName(element: Element, includeHidden: boolea
       }));
     }
 
+    // Note: we always normalize whitespace in the accessible name to make it easier to work with.
+    accessibleName = normalizeWhiteSpace(accessibleName);
     cache?.set(element, accessibleName);
   }
   return accessibleName;
@@ -452,6 +455,8 @@ export function getElementAccessibleDescription(element: Element, includeHidden:
       accessibleDescription = asFlatString(element.getAttribute('title') || '');
     }
 
+    // Note: we always normalize whitespace in the accessible description to make it easier to work with.
+    accessibleDescription = normalizeWhiteSpace(accessibleDescription);
     cache?.set(element, accessibleDescription);
   }
   return accessibleDescription;
diff --git a/tests/library/role-utils.spec.ts b/tests/library/role-utils.spec.ts
index a02680ce86..a94cf67c2f 100644
--- a/tests/library/role-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/role-utils.spec.ts
@@ -475,24 +475,9 @@ test('should ignore stylesheet from hidden aria-labelledby subtree', async ({ pa
   expect.soft(await getNameAndRole(page, 'input')).toEqual({ role: 'textbox', name: 'hello' });
 });
 
-test('should not include hidden pseudo into accessible name', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.setContent(`
-    <style>
-      span:before {
-        content: 'world';
-        display: none;
-      }
-      div:after {
-        content: 'bye';
-        visibility: hidden;
-      }
-    </style>
-    <a href="http://example.com">
-      <span>hello</span>
-      <div>hello</div>
-    </a>
-  `);
-  expect.soft(await getNameAndRole(page, 'a')).toEqual({ role: 'link', name: 'hello hello' });
+test('should normalize accessible name', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`<button>foo&nbsp;bar\nbaz</button>`);
+  expect.soft(await getNameAndRole(page, 'button')).toEqual({ role: 'button', name: 'foo bar baz' });
 });
 
 function toArray(x: any): any[] {
diff --git a/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts b/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
index 2242a55378..f99ac12376 100644
--- a/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
@@ -431,6 +431,9 @@ test('toHaveAccessibleName', async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(page.locator('div')).toHaveAccessibleName(/ell\w/);
   await expect(page.locator('div')).not.toHaveAccessibleName(/hello/);
   await expect(page.locator('div')).toHaveAccessibleName(/hello/, { ignoreCase: true });
+
+  await page.setContent(`<button>foo&nbsp;bar\nbaz</button>`);
+  await expect(page.locator('button')).toHaveAccessibleName('foo bar baz');
 });
 
 test('toHaveAccessibleDescription', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -443,6 +446,12 @@ test('toHaveAccessibleDescription', async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(page.locator('div')).toHaveAccessibleDescription(/ell\w/);
   await expect(page.locator('div')).not.toHaveAccessibleDescription(/hello/);
   await expect(page.locator('div')).toHaveAccessibleDescription(/hello/, { ignoreCase: true });
+
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <div role="button" aria-describedby="desc"></div>
+    <span id="desc">foo&nbsp;bar\nbaz</span>
+  `);
+  await expect(page.locator('div')).toHaveAccessibleDescription('foo bar baz');
 });
 
 test('toHaveRole', async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/tests/page/page-aria-snapshot.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-aria-snapshot.spec.ts
index a7937e9be5..8d2149ef9c 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-aria-snapshot.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-aria-snapshot.spec.ts
@@ -479,6 +479,14 @@ it('should escape yaml text in text nodes', async ({ page }) => {
   `);
 });
 
+it('should normalize accessible name', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`<button>foo&nbsp;bar\nbaz</button>`);
+
+  await checkAndMatchSnapshot(page.locator('body'), `
+    - button "foo bar baz"
+  `);
+});
+
 it('should handle long strings', async ({ page }) => {
   const s = 'a'.repeat(10000);
   await page.setContent(`