diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx
index f0b6c389b0..965d2ceb6a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx
@@ -468,11 +468,12 @@ class StatusActionBar extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const mutual = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'mutuals_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following') && relationship.get('followed_by'));
     const outside = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'outside_only' || (relationship && (relationship.get('following') || relationship.get('followed_by')));
     const denyFromAll = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'block' && emojiReactionPolicy !== 'block';
-    const emojiPickerButton = (
-      <IconButton className='status__action-bar__button' title={intl.formatMessage(messages.emojiReaction)} icon='smile-o' iconComponent={EmojiReactionIcon} onClick={this.handleEmojiPickInnerButton} />
-    );
-    const emojiPickerDropdown = enableEmojiReaction && emojiReactionAvailableServer && denyFromAll && (writtenByMe || (following && followed && mutual && outside)) && (
-      <EmojiPickerDropdown onPickEmoji={this.handleEmojiPick} button={emojiPickerButton} />
+    const emojiPickerDropdown = (enableEmojiReaction && emojiReactionAvailableServer && denyFromAll && (writtenByMe || (following && followed && mutual && outside)) && (
+      <EmojiPickerDropdown onPickEmoji={this.handleEmojiPick} button={(
+        <IconButton className='status__action-bar__button' title={intl.formatMessage(messages.emojiReaction)} icon='smile-o' iconComponent={EmojiReactionIcon} onClick={this.handleEmojiPickInnerButton} />
+      )} />
+    )) || (
+      <div className='status__action-bar__button__blank' />
     );
 
     const isReply = status.get('in_reply_to_account_id') === status.getIn(['account', 'id']);
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
index 332606d745..154b765384 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
@@ -376,11 +376,14 @@ class ActionBar extends PureComponent {
     const mutual = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'mutuals_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following') && relationship.get('followed_by'));
     const outside = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'outside_only' || (relationship && (relationship.get('following') || relationship.get('followed_by')));
     const denyFromAll = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'block' && emojiReactionPolicy !== 'block';
-    const emojiPickerButton = (
-      <IconButton icon='smile-o' iconComponent={EmojiReactionIcon} onClick={this.handleEmojiPickInnerButton} title={intl.formatMessage(messages.pickEmoji)} />
-    );
-    const emojiPickerDropdown = enableEmojiReaction && emojiReactionAvailableServer && denyFromAll && (writtenByMe || (following && followed && mutual && outside)) && (
-      <div className='detailed-status__button'><EmojiPickerDropdown onPickEmoji={this.handleEmojiPick} button={emojiPickerButton} /></div>
+    const emojiPickerDropdown = (enableEmojiReaction && emojiReactionAvailableServer && denyFromAll && (writtenByMe || (following && followed && mutual && outside)) && (
+      <div className='detailed-status__button'>
+        <EmojiPickerDropdown onPickEmoji={this.handleEmojiPick} button={(
+          <IconButton title={intl.formatMessage(messages.pickEmoji)} icon='smile-o' iconComponent={EmojiReactionIcon} onClick={this.handleEmojiPickInnerButton} />
+        )} />
+      </div>
+    )) || (
+      <div className='detailed-status__button__blank' />
     );
 
     return (
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index 512a756d71..a80e39cf04 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -1388,6 +1388,10 @@ body > [data-popper-placement] {
   align-items: center;
   gap: 18px;
   margin-top: 16px;
+
+  &__button__blank {
+    width: 24px;
+  }
 }
 
 .detailed-status__action-bar-dropdown {
@@ -1442,6 +1446,11 @@ body > [data-popper-placement] {
     padding: 0;
     margin-bottom: 16px;
   }
+
+  &__button__blank {
+    width: 24px;
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+  }
 }
 
 .scrollable > div:first-child .detailed-status {