diff --git a/lisp/wid-edit.el b/lisp/wid-edit.el
index 172da3db1e0..7fc9ac59b0a 100644
--- a/lisp/wid-edit.el
+++ b/lisp/wid-edit.el
@@ -1733,8 +1733,17 @@ widget-default-create
        (goto-char value-pos)
        (widget-apply widget :value-create)))
    (let ((from (point-min-marker))
-	 (to (point-max-marker)))
-     (set-marker-insertion-type from t)
+	 (to (point-max-marker))
+         ;; When WIDGET is a radio-button-choice widget and its first
+         ;; child radio-button widget is inserted, advancing the marker
+         ;; FROM would make the overlay setting the widget-inactive face
+         ;; begin right after the first radio button, which would hence
+         ;; incorrectly not be fontified with the widget-inactive face.
+         ;; To ensure it is correctly fontified, we set the marker
+         ;; insertion type of FROM to nil only when WIDGET is
+         ;; radio-button-choice, otherwise to t (bug#69941).
+         (from-mit (not (eq 'radio-button-choice (widget-type widget)))))
+     (set-marker-insertion-type from from-mit)
      (set-marker-insertion-type to nil)
      (widget-put widget :from from)
      (widget-put widget :to to)))
diff --git a/test/lisp/wid-edit-tests.el b/test/lisp/wid-edit-tests.el
index 4b049478b29..d416eb99022 100644
--- a/test/lisp/wid-edit-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/wid-edit-tests.el
@@ -336,7 +336,13 @@ widget-test-widget-move
     (widget-forward 2)
     (forward-char)
     (widget-backward 1)
-    (should (string= "Second" (widget-value (widget-at))))))
+    (should (string= "Second" (widget-value (widget-at))))
+    ;; Check that moving to a widget at beginning of buffer does not
+    ;; signal a beginning-of-buffer error (bug#69943).
+    (widget-backward 1)   ; Should not signal beginning-of-buffer error.
+    (widget-forward 2)
+    (should (string= "Third" (widget-value (widget-at))))
+    (widget-forward 1)))  ; Should not signal beginning-of-buffer error.

 (ert-deftest widget-test-color-match ()
   "Test that the :match function for the color widget works."