diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss
index c7cf2c31c2..b45d34013c 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss
@@ -90,10 +90,17 @@ $right-padding: 5px;
             padding: 0;
         }
 
-        .mx_EventTile_line > * {
+        .mx_EventTile_line .mx_EventTile_content,
+        .mx_EventTile_line .mx_EventTile_e2eIcon,
+        .mx_eventTile_line > div {
             display: inline-block;
         }
 
+        .mx_EvenTile_line .mx_MessageActionBar,
+        .mx_EvenTile_line .mx_ReplyThread_wrapper {
+            display: block;
+        }
+
         .mx_EventTile_reply {
             order: 3;
         }
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/ReplyThread.js b/src/components/views/elements/ReplyThread.js
index a8f9599f35..52a94110ba 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/ReplyThread.js
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/ReplyThread.js
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ export default class ReplyThread extends React.Component {
             </blockquote>;
         });
 
-        return <div>
+        return <div className="mx_ReplyThread_wrapper">
             <div>{ header }</div>
             <div>{ evTiles }</div>
         </div>;