diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic.scss
index 93c172003e1..ddd7630b472 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic.scss
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@
   .private-message-glyph { display: none; }
 }
 
-.private-message-glyph { color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 75%); }
+.private-message-glyph {
+  color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 75%);
+  float: left;
+  margin: 0 5px 0 0;  
+  }
 .private_message #topic-title .private-message-glyph { display: inline; }
 
 a.reply-new {