diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
index 58add63949a..d1f70012353 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
@@ -675,8 +675,6 @@ blockquote > *:last-child {
 /* quotes with attribution */
 .quote {
   &>blockquote {
-    margin-top: 0;
-    padding-top: 0;
     .onebox-result {
       background-color: scale-color-diff();
     }
@@ -686,6 +684,8 @@ blockquote > *:last-child {
     border-left: 5px solid darken(scale-color-diff(), 10%);
     background-color: scale-color-diff();
     padding: 12px;
+    /* blockquote is underneath this and has top margin we need to absorb */
+    margin-bottom: -1.5em;
     .avatar { margin-right: 7px; }
     img { margin-top: -4px; }
   }