diff --git a/src/components/structures/ContextMenu.tsx b/src/components/structures/ContextMenu.tsx
index aab7701f26..473b90ad77 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/ContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/ContextMenu.tsx
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export class ContextMenu extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
             // such that it does not leave the (padded) window.
             if (contextMenuRect) {
                 const padding = 10;
-                adjusted = Math.min(position.top, document.body.clientHeight - contextMenuRect.height + padding);
+                adjusted = Math.min(position.top, document.body.clientHeight - contextMenuRect.height - padding);
             }
 
             position.top = adjusted;