diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/DrawableChannel.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/DrawableChannel.cs
index e51f931959..8a2fa95ed1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/DrawableChannel.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/DrawableChannel.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Chat
                 scroll = new OsuScrollContainer
                 {
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    // Some chat lines have effects that slightly protrude to the bottom,
+                    // which we do not want to mask away, hence the padding.
+                    Padding = new MarginPadding { Bottom = 5 },
                     Children = new Drawable[]
                     {
                         flow = new FillFlowContainer<ChatLine>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs
index 700889ed26..1f9f7e57ca 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
                                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                                     Padding = new MarginPadding
                                     {
-                                        Bottom = textbox_height + padding
+                                        Bottom = textbox_height
                                     },
                                 },
                                 new Container